(For 2020-21 academic year)
FOURTH SEMESTER
Core Paper 1
Gr - 401
REGIONAL PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
(
Effective from the admitted batch of 2015-16)
UNIT
– I Concept of Region: Planning
in India: Goals and Achievements – Ideology, Objectives, challenges and
opportunities. The system approach – Economic regions, Environmental region,
Administrative regions, Multi level planning regions.
UNIT
–II Regional patterns and
imbalance. Regional structure of population distribution – population density,
Rural urban ratio. Regional structure of economic development – History of
planning regions (Macro, Meso and Micro level). Identification of planning
regions in India. Trends in Regional Development Planning. Metropolitan
regional planning. Development of Backward areas. Regional planning at the
state level.
UNIT
– III The process of Regional
development: Theoretical foundation. Von
Thunens concentric ring model. Christaller’s central place theory. A new
approach to regional development – growth pole hypothesis. Inadequacies and
modified version of the Growth pole hypothesis planning for growth foci and
emerging problems.
UNIT
– IV An operational design for new
approach. Choice of lower level – Growth foci. Choice of higher level growth
foci. Problems of implementation. Planning for Tribal region..
Text
Books:
Misra, R.P.:
Regional planning: concepts, techniques and polices, University of Mysore,
Mysore, 1969.
Chorley, R.J.
and Hagget, P. Models in Geography, Methuen, London, 1967
Regional
development planning in India (A new Strategy) By – R.P. Mishra , K.V.Sundaram,
V.L. Prakash Rao.
References:
Abler, R., et
al. Spatial Organization: The Geographer’s View of the World. Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, N.J., 1971.
Bhat, L.S.: Regional Planning in India, Statistical
Publishing Society, Calcutta, 1973.
Bhat, L.S. et
al. Micro-Level Planning: A Case Study of Karnal Area, Haryana. K.B. Publications, New Delhi, 1976.
Christaller,
W. Central Places in Southern
Germany. Translated by C.W.Baskin,
Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1966.
Indian Council
of Social Science Research. Survey of
Research in Geography., Popular
Prakashan, Bombay, 1972.
Kundu, A. and
Raza, Moonis. Indian Economy – The
Regional Dimension Spectrum Publishers, New Delhi, 1982.
Misra, R.P: and
Others (Editors) Regional development planning in India – A strategy, Institute
of development studies, Mysore, 1974.
Misra, A.:
Levels of regional development, Census of India, Vol.I., Part I A(1) and (ii), New
Delhi, 1965.
Nangia Sudesh,
Delhi Metropolitan Region Rajesh publication, Delhi, 1976.
Sudaram, K.V.
(ed): Geography and planning, Essay in Hanour of V.L.S. Prakasa Rao, Concept
publishing Co., New Delhi, 1985.
Tarlok Singh
India’s Development Experience, Mc Millan New Delhi, India, 1947.
Raza Moonis
(Editor) Regional development Heritage Publishers Delhi, 1988.
Misra, R.P. et
al., Multi – Level planning heritage publishers, Delhi, 1980.
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2020-21 academic year)
FOURTH SEMESTER
Core Paper 2
Gr - 402.
GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS
(
Effective from the admitted batch of 2015-16)
UNIT
– I GIS: Development and
definitions – computer environment of hardware and software – Trends in
GIS. General database concept: Spatial
and non-spatial data – Database Management Systems – Geographic data sources –
Sources of error and data quality.
UNIT
– II GIS Database: Data structure – Rastar and Vector and their
capabilities – Data conversions – Relational database model; Data compression
of spatial objects. GIS
Functioning: Data capture – digitizing
and scanning – preprocessing – Data manipulation – analysis.
UNIT
– III GIS and Cartography: Mapping concepts – Coordinate system and
geocoding: Common coordinate system –
grids – UTM - computer assisted cartography.
UNIT
– IV GIS and Remote Sensing: Satellite data – digital processing –
Classification – Integration of GIS and Remote Sensing – Use of GPS. GIS and digital elevation models – concepts of
DTM, DEM and TIN.
Text Books:
Burrough
P.A. Principles of Geographic
information systems for Land Resource Assessment. Oxford University {Press, New
York, 1986.
Fraser Taylor D.R. Geographic Information Systems. Pergamon Press, Oxford, 1991
References:
Maquire
D.J., M.F. Goodchild and D.W. Rhind (eds). Geographic information Systems: Principles and Application. Taylor & Francis, Washington, 1991
Mark
S. Monmonier. Computer –assisted
Cartography. Prentice – Hall, Englewood
Cliff, New jersey, 1982.
Peuquet
D.J. and D.F.Marble. Introductory Reading
in Geographic Information Systems.
Taylor & Francis, Washington, 1990.
Star,
J. and J. Estes. Geographic Information
Systems: An Introduction. Prentice Hall,
Englewood Cliff, New Jersey, 1994
ESRI. Understanding GIS – Redlands, USA: ESRI
Anji
Reddy, M. Remote Sensing and Geographical Information Systems. Book Syndicate, Hyderabad, 2000
(For 2020-21 academic year)
FOURTH SEMESTER
Elective Paper I (Option 1)
Gr - 403-A
AGRICULTURAL GEOGRAPHY
(
Effective from the admitted batch of 2015-16)
UNIT
– I Nature, scope, significance
and development of agricultural geography. Approach to the study of Agricultural
Geography. Determinants of agriculture.
UNIT
– II Von Thunen’s model of
agricultural location – modifications, limitation and application in India.
Whittlesey’s classification of agricultural systems. Agricultural Typology –
International Commission of the IGU.
UNIT
– II Agricultural concepts and
their measurement. Land holding and land tenure systems, land use
classification, land capability and land suitability.
UNIT
– IV agricultural regions of India
and their characteristics. Agricultural typology of India. Five year plans and
agriculture. Agricultural policy in India. Green revolution and implication.
Specific problems in Indian agriculture.
Text Books:
Jasbir Singh and Dillon, S.S.
Agricultural geography, Tata Mc. Graw Hill, New Delhi. 1988.
Mohammad Shafi. Agricultural geography,
Dorling Kindersley (India) Pvt Ltd,
Delhi. 2006
References:
Ali Mohammad: Studies in Agricultural
Geography, Rajesh Publications, New Delhi.
Bayliss Smith, T.P. The ecology of
Agricultural systems. Cambridge
University Press, London, 1987.
Berry, B.J.L. etal. The geography of Economic
Systems. Prentice Hall, New YORK, 1976.
Brown, L.R. The changing World Food
prospects – The Nineties and Beyond. World Watch
Institute, Washington D.C;1990.
Dyson, T. Populaton and Food – Global trends
and future prospects, Routiedge, London, 1996.
Gregor, H.P. Geography of agriculture.
Prentice Hall, New York, 1970.
Grigg, D.B. The agricultural systems of
the world, Cambridge Universiy Press, New York, 1974
Majid Husain, Sytamatic agricultural
geography, Rawat publications, New Delhi. 1996.
Mandal, R.B. Land Utilisation, theory
and practical concept. New Delhi. 1982.
Mannion, A.M. agriculture and
Environmetal change, John Willey, London, 1995.
Morgan, W.B. agriculture in the third
World – Aspatial analysis Westview Press, Boulder, 1978
Sauer C.O Agricultural Origins and
Dispersals, M.I.T. Press, Mass, U.S.A., 1969.
Noor Mohammad: Perspective in
agricultural geography, Vol.1 to 5, Cocept, New Delhi. 1981.
(For 2020-21 academic year)
FOURTH SEMESTER
Elective Paper II (Option 1)
Gr
– 404-A GEOGRAPHY OF HEALTH
(
Effective from the admitted batch of 2015-16)
UNIT – I Nature, scope and significance of geography of health.
Development of
this
area of specialization; its distinction from medical science.
UNIT – II Geographical factors affecting human health (i) Physical
factors – relief,
climate,
soils and vegetation (ii) Social factors – population density,
literacy,
social customs and poverty(iii) Economic factors - food and
nutrition
occupation and standard of living (iv) Environmental factors –
urbanization
and congestion, water , air and noise pollution and solid
waste.
UNIT – III Classification of Diseases: Genetic, Communicable and non-
communicable
occupational and deficiency diseases. WHO classification
of
diseases, pattern of World distribution of major diseases.
UNIT – IV Ecology, etiology and transmission of major diseases: Cholera,
Malaria,
Tuberculosis,
Hepatitis, Leprosy, Cardiovascular, Cancer, AIDS and
STDS.
Diffusion of diseases and cause for the same. Deficiency disorders
and
problems of mal – nutrition in India.
Text Books:
Scochin, A.A.
Fundamentals of Medical Geography. Dept. of. Army. M.J.5264, Washington
D.C.1968.
Hazra, J. (ed).
Health care planning in developing countries. University of Calcutta, 1997.
May, J.M.
Studies in Disease Ecology, Hafner Pub., New – York, 1961
References
:
Cliff, A and
Haggett. P. Atlas of Disease Distribution. Basil Black well, Oxford, 1989.
Digby, A and
Stewart, L. (eds). Gender, Health and Welfare. Routledge, New York, 1996.
Learmonth, A.T.
A., Patterns of Disease arid Hunger. A study in Medical Geography. David &
Charles, Victoria, 1978.
May, J.M. The
World Atlas of Diseases Nat. Book Trust, New Delhi, 1970.
Mc. Glashan,
N.D. Medical Geography, Methuen, London, 1972.
Narayan, K.V.
Health and Development – Inter Sectoral Linkags in India. Rawat Pub., Jaipur,
1977.
Philips, D.R. Health and Health care in the
Third World. Longman, London, 1990.
Pyle, G. Applied
Medical Geography, Winston Halsted Press, Silver Springs, Md, U.S.A., 1979.
Rais, A. and
Learmonth, A.T.A. Geographical Aspects of Health and Diseases in India.
Shannon, G.M. et
al. The geography of AIDS. Guilford Press, New York, 1987.
Smith, D. Human
Geography – A Welfare Approach. Arnold Heeinemann, London, 1997.
Scochin, A.A.
Fundamentals of Medical Geography. Dept. of. Army. M.J.5264, Washington
D.C.1968.
Stamp, L.D. The
Geography of Life and Death. Cornell University, Ithaca, 1964.
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