1. Formal Functional (Nodal) Vernacular (Perceptual)
Types of Regions
Formal
Functional (Nodal)
Vernacular (Perceptual)

2. Formal Region
An area in which everyone shares in one or more distinctive characteristic
Deals with facts and can be proven to exist
Data can be collected about them

3. Formal

4. Formal

5. Formal

6. Functional Region An area organized around a node or focal point
Have a center and are connected to the area around it, usually by some form of transportation route

7. Functional

8. Functional

9. Functional

10. Vernacular Region AKA Perceptual Region
An area that people believe exists as part of their cultural identity

11. Vernacular

12. Vernacular

13. Vernacular What do you think of when I say: Southern California?
The South?
The Middle East?
New York City?

14. This?

15. Or this?