Write the difference between the homogeneous region and functional region?
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Functional religion
According to Fouberg, Murphy, and de Blij’s introductory textbook on human geography (eleventh edition), “a functional region is defined by a particular set of activities or interactions that occur within it.” Thus the following can all be considered as functional regions:
A rain forest where a community of trees, birds, and mammals has lived continuously for centuries;A farming community defined by the agricultural lifestyle and shared cultural heritage; andA corporate headquarters, where an organization of people works towards a common goal of production or service.
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Homogeneous regions associate units with the same or similar characteristics. In the homogeneous region its parts are comparable according to the selected criterion (for example cities with a certain number of residents, families with children, seniors, people working in health care, agriculture, etc.). Individual characteristics may interact (unemployment and average income) or can be completely or almost independent on each other (education and hair color). These defined regions can variously rapidly change borders. The main feature of homogeneous region is thus the homogeneity (sameness) within the examined characteristics.
There is not a unified methodology for the delimitation of homogeneous regions. Again, it especially depends on the purpose of the delimitation, the character of variables (e. g. qualitative, quantitative) and the availability of necessary data (Matoušková, 2000). For the delimitation of the region based on multiple characteristics that are observed in different units, for example so called point method can be well used. The principle consists in the conversion of original units (e. g. CZK, %, pcs., ...) on points using selected scale. Thus obtained points are then summed up and the appropriate boundary based on the distribution of values is selected., which leads to the delimitation of the regions. Verification of the homogeneity of regions should be an integral part such as calculating the standard deviation.
Another possible method is cluster analysis. The principle consists in searching units, which are the most similar (or whose mutual distance is the smallest). These units are declared for cluster and with them it is treated as a single element. Clustering continues until all units of a file are classified into the clusters.
Heterogeneous regions are, unlike homogeneous regions, delimited not on the basis of similarity of characteristics, but on the basis of relations between the elements. These relations are especially flows of goods, services or persons (imports, exports, transportation of residents). However, they may be even less common units such as number of calls to the unit or received correspondence. These relations within the heterogeneous region create networks.
Elements of heterogeneous region may the be same or similar pursuant to specific characteristics, but they do not have to be. A key aspect is not the assessment of homogeneity, but the interconnection of elements. Heterogeneous regions are also called as functional regions because units in them are connected on the basis of their functions. If within the heterogeneous region there can be determined ona unit which is the centre of a particular area, this region is called as a nodal region.
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