GEOG 2RW3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Canadian Shield
14 Jan 2016
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Culture land use, - age wealth/income built form (style of housing, year built, etc. ) Regions typically take on of two forms: functional (nodal): more traditional form or a region, but less commonly used. The characteristic of interest (i. e. that helps define the region) dominates from a central focus/node and diminished in importance outwards. Central point (node) where the influence is strong, but as you get further it disappears. Technology has changed these examples: formal (uniform): An area where everyone shares a distinctive characteristic. E. g. political units canada is a formal region because everyone is. Canadian (part of the same government, pay the same taxes, etc. language, wealth. Most formal regions reflect predominant (not universal) characteristics. E. g. people speaking a particular language (quebec most speak. Single-featured: regions delineated based on one (single) geographic feature or characteristic. E. g. north africa (arid climate) most is saharan desert. Multi-featured: regions delineated based on a number of different features or characteristics.
