Differentiate between Economic Region and Planning Region.

Economic Region

Planning Region

1. An economic region is a segment of the territory representing the national economy.

2. Economic regions are delimited on the basis of homogeneity of resources and their utilisation.

3. Natural can be the basis of economic regions due to the uniformity of natural conditions and natural resources.

4. The rate of economic development is not same in the economic regions due to dynamic nature of technology.

1. A planning region is a segment of territory over which economic divisions apply.

2. The planning regoins coincide with the administrative regions because statistical data is collected on at the level of administrative division.

3. A planning region should have fairly homogeneous geographical and sociological factors.

4. Planning regions are contiguous area unit. It is a multi-purpose unit.