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zone3 CONSTRUCTSClimatic zoneARISTOTLE · FIVE ZONESConcentric zoneBURGESS · CITY RINGSCurrency zoneMUNDELL · CURRENCY AREA

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Climatology and physical geography

A latitudinal climatic band of the Earth

A broad band of the Earth's surface grouped by its climate, marked off chiefly by latitude and the pattern of heat and season that follows from it. The idea traces to Aristotle's Meteorologica (ca. 350 B.C.E.), which split the globe into five zones, two frigid, two temperate, and one torrid, according to the reach of the sun. Köppen's 1884 scheme of thermal zones, later grown into the Köppen-Geiger classification, replaced the geometric bands with categories drawn from measured temperature and rainfall. The referent here is a region of the planet defined by climate, not a ring of a city, a band in a learner's growth, or an area sharing one currency.[1][2][3]

Unit
A latitudinal region of the planet, classed by temperature and precipitation
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Not applicable
Measured by
Delimited from long-run temperature and rainfall records, most often by the Köppen-Geiger thresholds

Urban sociology

A concentric land-use ring of the city

A ring in a model of the city that grows outward from the centre in concentric belts, each with its own land use and social makeup. Ernest Burgess set out the model in his 1925 essay The Growth of the City, sketching a central business district ringed by a zone in transition, then belts of workers' homes, better residences, and commuters. The scheme was a founding statement of the Chicago School of urban sociology and a template for later accounts of urban form. The referent is a spatial belt of a city defined by land use and residents, not a climatic band of the planet, a stage in a learner's growth, or a monetary area.[4]

Unit
A concentric belt of the city, measured outward from the centre
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Not applicable
Measured by
Mapped from land use, rents, and residents' characteristics by distance from the urban centre

Economics

A region suited to one shared currency

A geographic area, often spanning more than one jurisdiction, within which a single shared currency or fixed exchange rate serves the region well. Robert Mundell introduced the optimum currency area in his 1961 paper A Theory of Optimum Currency Areas, asking what region is the right one to share a money and pointing to labour mobility as the feature that lets a shared currency absorb local shocks. The idea became the analytical basis for debates over monetary unions such as the euro. The referent is a monetary region set by economic criteria, not a climatic band, a ring of a city, or a stage in a learner's growth.[5]

Unit
A multi-jurisdiction region judged suited to one shared currency
Recovery means
Not applicable
Measured by
Judged against criteria such as labour mobility, trade openness, and how far regional shocks move together

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References

  1. Aristotle. (ca. 350 B.C.E.). Meteorologica (H. D. P. Lee, Trans.). Harvard University Press.
  2. Köppen, W. (2011). The thermal zones of the Earth according to the duration of hot, moderate and cold periods and to the impact of heat on the organic world. Meteorologische Zeitschrift, 20(3), 351–360. (Original work published 1884) https://doi.org/10.1127/0941-2948/2011/105
  3. Peel, M. C., Finlayson, B. L., & McMahon, T. A. (2007). Updated world map of the Köppen-Geiger climate classification. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 11(5), 1633–1644. https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007
  4. Burgess, E. W. (1925). The growth of the city: An introduction to a research project. In R. E. Park, E. W. Burgess, & R. D. McKenzie (Eds.), The City (pp. 47–62). University of Chicago Press.
  5. Mundell, R. A. (1961). A theory of optimum currency areas. The American Economic Review, 51(4), 657–665.

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