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Discuss Nelson’s method of functional classification of towns.

  • UPSC 2015
  • Population and Settlement Geography

Functional classification groups towns by the dominant economic activity of their workforce — the attribute fixing its regional role.

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  • The Data Base: Nine Activity Groups from the 1950 Census
  • The Statistical Threshold: Mean Plus One Standard Deviation
  • Degrees of Specialisation and the Diversified Residual
  • Merits: Objectivity, Degree and Replicability
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