| The formal region is uniform throughout with respect to the factor on the basis of which it is recognized as a unit. |
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| The formal region may be viewed as static, immobile or perhaps it is less affected by change, more durable and, therefore, more visible. |
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| The formal region is the arena for new urbanism, especially a physical formal region that is linked with the concept of geographical determinism. |
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| At the same time that a country is a formal region, it may be also a functionally united whole. |
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| These inter-connected functional regions may be grouped into a larger formal region as, for example, a country, while they themselves may consist of smaller formal regions within. |
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