 | The Regional Concepts
After reading and studying this chapter you should be able to:
- Define what geographers mean by the term region and list the characteristics of regions.
- Classify regional descriptions as being either "formal" or "functional".
- Draw appropriate boundaries separating regions based on one or more distinguishing criteria of a physical, human, economic or mental nature.
- Distinguish between single and multifactor formal regions.
- Understand the dynamic nature of regional boundaries.
- Identify a regional description as fitting into one of the other three traditions of geography.
- Understand what is emphasized by the systems analysis approach to regionalization.
- Understand the role of process in all geographic study.
- Appreciate the advantages of each of the traditions of geography for understanding specific kinds of regional problems.
- Construct a regional geography of a portion of the earth's surface.
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