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Concept of region

Simple definition of region is an area that have their own boundary. A region is a land area which has typical characteristics. Natural or artificial characteristics may characterise an area. A region can be defined by language, government, or religion, as can trees, animals, or environment. Regions, large or small, are the basic territorial divisions. A region also a combination of more than two areas could be possible. For example, east Asia countries such as Malaysia, Indonesia and Brunei can be grouped as one region by a same culture that we shared. Some places can be grouped as one region because they have same religion and beliefs. In conclusion the region is subjective.

Why region is crucial in planning for development??

This concept is important in planning for development in term of social development. This is due to identify which area have the potential to be developed. For example, in Malaysia, federal government wanted to develop Kuala Lumpur because they already considered that Kuala Lumpur have the potential to be developed and will be the areas attract to rural residents to improve their quality of life to become better.

Other than that, region is important in planning for development is because multi-level planning and region classification. This is due to emerged of development from below. This was the interpretation of the awareness of the increasing dissatisfaction on the part of sub-national social groups including local and regional ones.

The main reason is mostly about social development or socio-economic development. They have to make sure the resources in that place enough to accommodate the region

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Regional Classification

First of all, regional can be defined as a region may be either a "bounded zone," a functional region, a populated area, or a natural characteristic that is often characterized by different regularities, variations, attitudes, and processes. While regional classification is a codes that are used to describe different bio-geographical regions.
Regional classification has 2 point of view which are objective and subjective view. Objective view in regional classification is a formal region. For example, the way of Herbertson defined regional classification using objective perceptions.  He was the first to, on the basis of climate criteria, divide the world into major natural regions and thus have some relations with determinism. Geographers also attempted to classify particular areas with unique features on a smaller scale. He divided the worlds into 6 natural regions.