Introduction to Geography

1
Introduction to Geography

• By Arthur Getis
• Judith Getis
• Jerome D. Fellmann

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Chapter 13

• The Regional Concept

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Overview

• The Nature of Regions
• Regions in the Earth Science Tradition
• Regions in the Culture-Environment Tradition
• Regions in the Locational Tradition

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The Nature of Regions

• A Device of Areal Generalization The Regional
  Concept
• Common Characteristics of Regions
• Formal and Functional Regions

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Regions in the Earth Science Tradition

• Landforms as Regions
• Dynamic Regions in Weather and Climate
• Ecosystems as Regions

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Regions in the Culture-Environment Tradition

• Population as Regional Focus
• Language as Region
• Mental Regions
• Political Regions

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Regions in the Locational Tradition

• Economic Regions
• Natural Resource Regions
• Urban Regions