Concept Of A Region Flashcards
What is a region
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
Different types of regions
Climatic Geomorphological Administrative Cultural Socio economic Urban
Example of climatic regions
Cool temperate in Ireland
Mediterranean
Boreal
Tundra
Example of geomorphological regions
Karts -the burren
Northern European plain
Examples of urban regions
Dublin
Paris
Naples
What are geomorphological regions defined by
Landscape and the forces that have shaped it
Describe Northern European plain
Sedimentary rock Fertile limon soils River Good climate Coalfields
What is climate
The average conditions across a large area of the earths surface usually taken over a period of at least 30 years
Where is cool temperate oceanic climate found
Western margins of Europe between 40°n and 60°n
What’s the climate like in the cool temperate oceanic climate
Precipitation distributed throughout the year
Cloud cover
Prevailing winds are south westernly
Changeable
What defines an administrative region
A geographic area with specific boundaries. Governments use councils to provide services effectively
Examples of administrative region
City and county councils
Regional assemblies
Administrative region in France
Communes
Departements
Regions
Examples of things that define cultural regions
Language
Religion
Example of language regions
Belgium
Flanders -Flemish
Wallonia - French
Brussels - bilingual
What is a core region
Areas of high economic development. Core regions dominate trade, industry, government and communications
What is a peripheral region
Located far from core regions. They lack industrial and economic development
Differences between core regions and peripheral regions
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
Where is the Northern European plain
4000km from France to Russia including the Paris basin, northern germnay, Denmark
What rock is in the NEP
Sedimentary
Examples of cities in the NEP
London
Paris
Berlin
What makes the NEP ideal
Flat Limón soil Drained by several rivers eg Rhine Adequate precipitation Coalfields and iron deposits
Area of industrial decline
Sambre Meuse valley
What is industrial decline
Industrial decline occurs when a region that was once industrially prosperous is no longer able to sustain its level of economic development
Where is the Sambre Meuse valley
Wallonia Belgium
Why did industry decline in the smabre Meuse valley
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
Effects of decline in sambre Meuse valley
Relocation to flanders
Unemployment _ 120 mines employing 12200 closed
20% unemployment
Outdated workforce and factories as young people moved to Brussels
Responses to economic decline in Sambre Meuse valley
€15 million invested by EU between 2007-13
Workers trained to have new skills
Waste cleaned up
Communications improved
What is a nodal region
A region with key transport networks and infrastructure
What is a peripheral region
A less developed region located far from a core region
What is an administrative region
Regions based on political boundaries made to be small a manageable areas
