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Concept Of A Region Flashcards

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What is a region

A

An area of the earths surface that has a human and/or physical characteristic that give it an identity that make it different from all areas around it

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Different types of regions

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Climatic 
Geomorphological
Administrative
Cultural
Socio economic
Urban
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Example of climatic regions

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Cool temperate in Ireland
Mediterranean
Boreal
Tundra

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Example of geomorphological regions

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Karts -the burren

Northern European plain

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Examples of urban regions

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Dublin
Paris
Naples

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What are geomorphological regions defined by

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Landscape and the forces that have shaped it

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Describe Northern European plain

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Sedimentary rock 
Fertile limon soils
River
Good climate
Coalfields
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What is climate

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The average conditions across a large area of the earths surface usually taken over a period of at least 30 years

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Where is cool temperate oceanic climate found

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Western margins of Europe between 40°n and 60°n

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What’s the climate like in the cool temperate oceanic climate

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Precipitation distributed throughout the year
Cloud cover
Prevailing winds are south westernly
Changeable

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What defines an administrative region

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A geographic area with specific boundaries. Governments use councils to provide services effectively

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Examples of administrative region

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City and county councils

Regional assemblies

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Administrative region in France

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Communes
Departements
Regions

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Examples of things that define cultural regions

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Language

Religion

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Example of language regions

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Belgium
Flanders -Flemish
Wallonia - French
Brussels - bilingual

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What is a core region

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Areas of high economic development. Core regions dominate trade, industry, government and communications

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What is a peripheral region

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Located far from core regions. They lack industrial and economic development

18
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Differences between core regions and peripheral regions

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Core have lots of investment from countries, peripheral don’t

High inward migration in core region, none in peripheral

Young educated workforce in core region, aging population in peripheral

Flat land, fertile soils in core, mountainous, poor soil in peripheral

Mild, ideal climate in core, harsh climate in peripheral

Good communications in core, poor communications in peripheral

Little unemployment in core, more in peripheral

Recover from recession more quickly in core, slower recovery in peripheral

More primary sector in peripheral

19
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Where is the Northern European plain

A

4000km from France to Russia including the Paris basin, northern germnay, Denmark

20
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What rock is in the NEP

A

Sedimentary

21
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Examples of cities in the NEP

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London
Paris
Berlin

22
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What makes the NEP ideal

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Flat 
Limón soil
Drained by several rivers eg Rhine
Adequate precipitation 
Coalfields and iron deposits
23
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Area of industrial decline

A

Sambre Meuse valley

24
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What is industrial decline

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Industrial decline occurs when a region that was once industrially prosperous is no longer able to sustain its level of economic development

25
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Where is the Sambre Meuse valley

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Wallonia Belgium

26
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Why did industry decline in the smabre Meuse valley

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Coal and iron deposits used up
Oil and gas found in Flanders
EU gave funding to efficient mines - no Belgian mines
Government policy meant all mines would shut by 1944

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Effects of decline in sambre Meuse valley

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Relocation to flanders
Unemployment _ 120 mines employing 12200 closed
20% unemployment
Outdated workforce and factories as young people moved to Brussels

28
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Responses to economic decline in Sambre Meuse valley

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€15 million invested by EU between 2007-13
Workers trained to have new skills
Waste cleaned up
Communications improved

29
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What is a nodal region

A

A region with key transport networks and infrastructure

30
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What is a peripheral region

A

A less developed region located far from a core region

31
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What is an administrative region

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Regions based on political boundaries made to be small a manageable areas

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