The phrase "area has been linked" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a connection or relationship established between a specific area and another subject or concept.
Example: "Recent studies indicate that the area has been linked to higher levels of pollution, affecting the health of local residents."
Alternatives: "region has been associated" or "zone has been connected".
The area has been linked to at least four terrorist attacks in two years; and its people now face a heavy police presence.
This area has been linked frequently to what cognitive neuroscientists call executive control; it is active, for example, when subjects try to suppress a particular movement or emotion.
The area has been linked to jihadism before.
This area has been linked to the experience of disgust, and strongly responds to pictures of mutilation and contamination.
Rose and colleagues focused on weaning, and noted that decision-making by nurses in this area has been linked to the introduction of weaning protocols [ 1].
Two more deaths in the Memphis area have been linked to high temperatures, bringing the heat wave death toll there to five, officials said.
Mrs Booth, who runs hotels and other businesses in the Llangollen, Wrexham and Mold areas, has been linked with the takeover for several months.
Environmental disasters are making headlines more often, and this pattern can be seen across the globe: at the time of writing, floods across the Midwest that may last months are matched by 'inland seas' covering southern Africa in the wake of a tropical cyclone and the intensity of the disasters in both areas has been linked to climate change.
The overcentralisation of office employment in Australian CBD areas has been linked to significant levels of long travel distance and commuting time, traffic congestion, poor balance between employment housing structures, significant levels of subsidy for public transport and excessive costs for office leases.
In turn, most studies have shown that living in these disadvantaged areas has been linked to lower access to outpatient specialty mental health care, even in publically funded systems where patients experience fewer financial barriers to use of mental health services [ 38– 40].
These areas have been linked to emotional processing, social interactions and moral judgment.
