problem area vs problem zone

Both 'problem area' and 'problem zone' are correct and commonly used phrases in English. They are interchangeable and can be used to refer to a specific place or situation where issues or difficulties exist.

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problem area

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to refer to a specific place or situation where issues or difficulties exist.

Examples:

The kitchen is a problem area in the house that needs renovation.
The company identified the marketing department as a problem area that needed improvement.
The teacher focused on the problem area of grammar in the students' essays.
The report highlighted the problem area of communication breakdown within the team.
The government is addressing the problem area of unemployment in the region.

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I can only urge the Commission to think again about this problem area, please.
The issue surrounding the publication of this type of information on the Internet remains a problem area, however.
If this problem area is ignored at both national and institutional level, nothing will happen.
Full inclusion of transport in the problem area of trade and climate issues
A further problem area is Parliament's still inadequate participation in the legislative procedures concerning competition.
The subject of toys is just one element in a broader problem area.
The next problem area concerns import licences and the licence system.
I have therefore mainly addressed this problem area in my opinion.
I strongly advise the Commission to produce a thorough report so that we do not have to return to this problem area over the next few years.
The main cause of this problem area of employment, this blemish upon our society, is in fact macroeconomic.
Has the EU ever yet had a woman as its EU special representative for a specific conflict or problem area?
Within the framework of the planned food aid programme, what arrangements are being made in this problem area to work through schools, for example?
Another major problem area requiring urgent discussion is the problems that have arisen as a result of our defining agriculture as merely an economic field and equating things we should possibly be regarding as different.
The main problem area with which my report deals, which became clearer as I worked on the report, is that the European Investment Bank, as far as modern business management, transparency and public work are concerned, is trailing rather far behind.
It is my view that we, representing the peoples of the fifteen Member States, have achieved outstanding success in discussing this problem area as it deserves to be discussed, and in coming up with final conclusions that point the way ahead.
Fiscal regulations are another major problem area.
Another problem area is the participation of non-governmental organisations.
A second problem area is financing SMEs.
This is the problem area here.
There is a second problem area, Mrs Klass.

Alternatives:

trouble spot
issue zone
challenge area
difficulty zone
concerned region

problem zone