UN-GGIM Definition: Administrative, analytical, or management regions such as school districts, postal areas, and electoral districts.
SPHERE Mapping
Functional areas are governance constructs for spatial partitioning of human activities and services.
Primary sphere: Socio-Technical Subsphere(s): Socio_technical_governance
Harvesting Hints
Keywords: functional area, district, zone, service area, administrative region. Often found as derived boundaries in statistical or governance catalogs.