正式和功能区域之间的差异

Key Difference – Formal vs Functional Regions

A region is a part of the earth’s surface that is characterized by a level of similarity based on certain features. They are defined by the scale of physical characteristics and human characteristics. In geography, regions are categorized into three: formal, functional and vernacular.Formal regions are politically defined regions such as countries, states, and cities. A region that is specifically divided or located for a function is called a functional region.This is the main difference between formal and functional regions.

什么是正式地区？

正式地区是由经济学，物理性质，文化或政府定义的特定领域。正式地区也被称为uniform regionas it shares one or more physical or cultural features. Such formal locations are called uniform since they are combined with, uniform soil and uniform climate that result in uniform land use, settlements and mode of life within a region.

What is a Functional Region?

A region that is specifically divided or located for a function is called a functional region. A functional region is made up of a specific location and area surrounding it. Areas containing a kind of service, such as cable television, or points on a map that are a terminal for an activity, such as travel or communication via telephone can also be named as functional regions.

What is the difference between Formal and Functional Regions?

Formal Region	功能区域
Often concrete and physical in nature	Specific to one area
Has specific boundaries that set them apart from other regions in the world	围绕节点或焦点组织的区域。（例如大学，机场或广播电台
Often can be seen inside one another	这种区域的重要性减少了
Homogeneous areas or habitats inhabited by social groups, societies, or nations	通常是一个由大城市和许多围绕它的较小城镇或城市组成的大都市地区
由小型系统或零件系统组织和代表	该地区由transpo绑在中心点rtation or communication systems or economic or functional associations
Based on facts and knowledge of an area; like population and temperature	Many people live in one town and work in another because they are part of the same functional region
Has clear cut, political boundaries	作为经济和社会体系的一部分，功能和合作
Characterized by a common human property like language, religion, nationality, political identity or culture, common physical property, climate, land form and vegetation	The purpose of functional locations is to study the structure and functions of community within some spaces
由人口，种族背景，农作物产量，人均收入，人口密度和分配，工业生产，映射身体特征，温度，降雨和生长季节的衡量标准定义	The accessibility and isolation are measured in terms of cost distance, time distance or mileage through a transport network – these distances are measured from special nodes or axes
由共同的政治身份，政治单位定义 - 所有人都受到相同的法律和政府的约束 示例：各州，国家，城市，县和省份	Defined by a set of activities, connections or interactions
Examples for formal regions: Chinatown (San Francisco, CA) Chinatown – (big cities in USA) – Chinese people, restaurants, stores	Examples include newspaper circulation area, Commuter traffic patterns, Subway systems in NYC, Boston, etc., Highway systems, Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

正式与功能区域 - 结论

Formal and functional regions both have a social, cultural and political system, along with its living population. A formal region is an area identified by a political and social system and a functional system is an area, where we find a particular function taking place like for an example; electronic production, newspaper circulation etc. Both these terms are merely man-made definitions to facilitate the governing and growth of one specific area with the vision of achieving higher status in terms of the economic, social, cultural and political growth of one’s country.

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