Physical regions are defined by landform (continents and mountain ranges), climate, soil, and natural vegetation. Cultural regions are distinguished by such traits as language, politics, religion, economics, and industry.

Physical characteristics include land forms, climate, soil, and natural vegetation. For example, the peaks and valleys of the Rocky Mountains form a physical region. Some regions are distinguished by human characteristics. These may include economic, social, political, and cultural characteristics.

Places are jointly characterized by their physical and human properties. Their physical characteristics include landforms, climate, soils, and hydrology. Things such as language, religion, political systems, economic systems, and population distribution are examples of human characteristics.

Existing physical features exert important influences in shaping the development of any specific area. They are nature’s contribution to the City’s environment. Collectively, these features can determine the overall physical character of the community.

Mountains, hills, plateaus, and plains are the four major types of landforms.

Earth’s surface is punctuated by at least eight kinds of landforms, with four being considered major landforms. These major landforms are: mountains, plains, plateaus and hills.

Three characteristics distinguish natural communities: 1) plant species composition, 2) vegetation structure (e.g., forest, shrubland, or marsh), and 3) a specific combination of physical conditions (e.g., water, light, nutrient levels, and climate).

A human characteristic of a community is a feature of the environment that has been added by humans.

13 Most Important Characteristics or Elements of Community

• (1) A group of people:
• (2) A definite locality:
• (3) Community Sentiment:
• (4) Naturality:
• (5) Permanence :
• (6) Similarity:
• (7) Wider Ends:
• (8) Total organised social life:

These characteristics include the history of the community and its relations with others, its present social structure, its cultural values and the way it governs itself. These and other characteristics will be discussed later in the chapter.

A good community is a cohesive, safe, confident, prosperous and happy place. It is free of poverty and crime, providing a high quality of life for everyone that lives there. It values and promotes open, participative development processes underpinned by a continuous culture of trans-generational learning.

A community is a social unit (a group of living things) with commonality such as norms, religion, values, customs, or identity. Communities may share a sense of place situated in a given geographical area (e.g. a country, village, town, or neighbourhood) or in virtual space through communication platforms.