Piirkonnapõhist

Piirkonnapõhist is an Estonian adjective meaning region-based or region-specific. It is used to describe approaches, data, policies, or analyses that are anchored in a particular geographic region rather than applied uniformly on a national or global level. The term is common in planning, administration, research, and policy discussions where regional variation matters.

Etymology and form: the word combines the noun piirnkond? No, the Estonian piir? The base is piir-kond (region) with the suffix -põhine, meaning based on. The base form is piirkonnapõhine, and it declines like an ordinary adjective. For example, nominative singular: piirkonnapõhine planeering, genitive singular: piirkonnapõhise planeeringu, partitive singular: piirkonnapõhist planeeringut. The form piirkonnapõhist appears when the adjective modifies a noun in partitive or other inflected cases.

Usage and examples: the term is commonly found in phrases such as piirkonnapõhine planeering (region-based planning), piirkonnapõhist andmestikku (region-based dataset), or piirkonnapõhine lähenemine (region-based approach). It helps differentiate local or regional specificity from national or international scope, and it is frequently used in local government, regional development, statistics, and regional policy discourse.

See also: piir, region; regionaalne, regionalization; regionaalpoliitika; regional development.