Regional Geography

Now-a-days Region is a popular word in many disciplines, especially those of social sciences- Economics, Sociology, Political science, Regional sciences etc. But the geographers are perhaps the pioneers on evolving the idea and concept of Region The Region is one of the central concepts of Geography that plays an explanatory and procedural (process) roles in Geographic research. In fact, it is a force of generalization and is therefore strictly an intellectual concept.

Meaning of the concept:
The word Region literally means core. But it is nit constant in meaning. Under different circumstances, it offers different meanings. Generally, it means consecutive division of a set of area on the basis of different levels of observations. Such as the administrative hierarchy in Bangladesh.

Definition of Region:
There is no agreed definition of the term “Region”. Thus, region has very different characters like human individuals and these are constantly changing and developing.

1. According to Heartshorne, “Regional Geography organizes the knowledge of all inter-related forms of areal differentiation in individual units of area, which it must organize into system of division & sub-division of the total earth surface.”
2. “A part of the earth surface that is distinguished in some defined way from surrounding area.” ……………David Grigg.
3. “ Region is only large tract of land more or less defined especially by certain natural features.” …. Stamp, L.D.
4. “ A Region is any tract of the earth’s surface with characteristics either natural or man made that makes it different from areas that surround it.” … Peter Haggett (1975)

So, it is clear from the above definition that a region is a unit area of the earth surface with some sort of areal homogeneity within & could be differentiate by its specific characteristics.

Nomothetic concept of Geography:

The concept of nomothetic view is very important on Geography and its history. Normally the nomothetic part of geography shows the new part of geography. Which has performance over the scientific items. It indicates the think ness of an individual by using the scientific approaches. Scientific research is use in the field of geography, which started from the year of 1960. It is the newcomer view of geography including the advancement of technology. The main idea of nomthetic approach is to find the similarities between places or phenomena.

Example: The planning of a city area is under the process of nomothetic view.