The document discusses the concept of regions in regional planning, defining a region as a unit of land characterized by unique features such as geology, climate, and human activity. It categorizes regions into three types: homogeneity, nodality, and programming, and describes their key features including location, spatial extent, and boundaries. Additionally, it emphasizes the importance of considering these features for effective planning and implementation of development plans.

1. Regional Planning and It’s
Application to Planning
“A region is a unit of land having a unique character or homogeneity,
based on local features of geology, relief, soil, climate, vegetation and
human way of life”
Example – The central valley of California, Indo-genetic region etc.
● The concept of region is generally linked with ‘space’ and has
spatial dimension.
● Economist – Generally linked with engaged in formulation of general
growth theory.
● Geographer – Region is an objective reality with ‘space’.
● The major problems, sometimes a part of district, or the whole
district or the whole state or cluster of state are also refered as
region.
– But this confusion can under reduced as far as region is under they can three
categories:
1. Homogeniety – They may be combination of natural, economical
and socio-cultural region.
2. Nodality – Nodal region can also be delineated into a polarization
flow, their surrounding some central urban plan.
3. Programming – It may be administrative or may be political
institution.

2. Region have following features:
● A region should have location. e.g., middle east, south east Asia,
north wast Europe etc.
● Region should have spatial extent. e.g., Thar desert, Sahara desert.
● Region should have boundaries e.g., Indo-giarmtic plane,
Himalayas, Shivalik end etc.
● Region may be either formal or functional.
● Regions are hierarchically arranged.
● Region should have transitional boundaries.
It’s Application to Planning:
1. Planning Purpose – In actual delination of region for planning
purpose, it become necessary to strike a balance between the
considerations of homogeneity, nodality and administrative
convenience.
2. Development of Plans – The proper implementation of development
plans, the region should have fairly homogeneous economic
structure, some topographical and socio-cultural homogeneity.
3. Planning of Region – The planning region than an area of large
enough to substantial changes in the distribution of employment and
population.
Types of Region
1. Physical Regions – Based on land form, climate, air mass and
ecosystem.

3. 2. Cultural Regions – Population, language, religion, political,
economic, natural resources, urban, agricultural, industrial and
mental regions etc.
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