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Regions

Regions. INTRODUCTION TO REGIONS. It is useful to think about Geographic knowledge at different levels of complexity. The simplest level is based on Location. When you begin to see Patterns in location, your knowledge is more detailed.

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Regions

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  1. Regions

  2. INTRODUCTION TO REGIONS • It is useful to think about Geographic knowledge at different levels of complexity. The simplest level is based on Location. • When you begin to see Patterns in location, your knowledge is more detailed. • You may begin to notice that some of these patterns are connected to one another & begin develop a notion that a relationship starts to form. • What you observe about an area’s patterns, connections & relationships helps us to identify a Region. • In order to fully understand a Region we must know what criteria have been used to define it. • Region – an area defined by specific characteristics or criteria

  3. Types of Regions Small Scale (Micro) • Small scale regions are local areas based on similar characteristics • Examples include a subdivision or customer drawing area of a local store • May be more than one defining characteristic • Boundaries may overlap

  4. Types of Regions Large Scale (Macro) • Large scale regions are areas of considerable size • Examples include a landform region or climatic regions • Often defined by a set of characteristics all contained in an area • Also includes different characteristics (human, physical, etc.)

  5. Types of Regions Homogeneous Regions • Also referred to as Formal • These are regions defined by a common characteristic throughout the region • Examples include: subdivision defined by similar housing styles, Climate regions defined by similar temperatures, or Rainforest region defined by similar vegetation

  6. Types of Regions Functional Regions • Area defined by a specific activity or function • Examples include: industrial parks defined by the common activity of manufacturing, voting regions defined by political interests.

  7. Regional Travel • Regions are not self-sufficient and therefore require interaction within and out side of their regions • Much of this interaction is done through travel networks • Travel done within a region is called intra-regional • Travel done between regions is called inter-regional

  8. Regional Travel • Transportation networks are often defined by the amount of infrastructure • Infrastructure refers to all the components to a functional network, for example: transportation infrastructure includes roads & highways, rails, locks & dams, fuel stations, shipyards, docks, harbours, airports, runways, terminals

  9. Regional Travel • Most networks are interconnected by a series of hubs and spokes • Hubs are major centers that link smaller regions to larger regions • Spokes are the transportation routes (roads, rail, airways, ship ways) • Large carriers use only the hubs, while small carriers would use the spokes to service smaller regions. • Example: • Toronto and Vancouver are hub centers • London (Ont.) and Prince George are not

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