Social Sciences and History / Unit 12 SSH 1128 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Regions: Formal, Functional, Vernacular; Core and Hinterland
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The idea
Finlayson's regions are formal, homogeneous in at least one feature; functional, unified by connection; and vernacular, defined by people's perceptions. Spatial interaction pairs a core, the central business district, with a hinterland, the land behind, sparser, producing what the core sells; the pattern applies globally.
In practice
Plant hardiness zones as a formal region.
Where people slip
Dorrell's perceptual region is Finlayson's vernacular region.
Your place on the trail
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- 1129Europe: From Cottage to Factory to City
- 1131North America: Core, Cities, Continental Trade
- 1132Middle and South America: Hearths, Primacy, Inequality
- 1133Sub-Saharan Africa: Berlin, Boundaries, Neocolonialism
- 1134North Africa and Southwest Asia: Water, Hearths, Choke Points
- 1135South Asia: Monsoon, Indus, Density
- 1136East and Southeast Asia: Ring of Fire and the Pacific Rim
- 1137Oceania: Isolation, Biogeography, the Seas
- 1140Land Use From Field to City to Region: One Framework for the World's Places
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