ADVANCE GEOGRAPHY OF INDIA

Paper Code: 
GEO 422
Credits: 
5
Contact Hours: 
75.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

Course Outcomes (COs)

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment Strategies

On completion of this course, the students will be able to:

CO1: this unit will contribute to learn and understand cultural aspect of the Indian society with all the demographic attribute.

CO2:  students will able to understand different aspect of the settlements and different terminology related with urbanization.

CO3:  student will interact with the types of transport and all the trade policy

CO4:  This unit able to examine the politics of geographic boundaries and basis of Indian federalism

CO5:Students will acknowledge with the types of hazards which occurring all over India. As well study the different perspective of globalization in India.

Approach in teaching:

Interactive lectures, discussion,

Tutorials, reading assignments, demonstration

Learning activities for the students :

Self-learning assignments, effective questions, seminar presentation.

 

Class test, Semester end examinations, Quiz, Solving problems in tutorials, Assignments, Presentation, Individual and group projects

 

15.00
Unit I: 

Cultural Setting: Historical Perspective of Indian Society: Racial, linguistic and ethnic diversities.

·      Major tribal areas and their problems.

·      Growth, distribution and density of population;

·      Demographic attributes: sex-ratio, age structure, literacy rate, work-force, dependency ratio, longevity; migration (inter-regional, intra- regional and international) and associated problems;

·      Population problems and policies; Health indicators.

 

15.00
Unit II: 

Settlements

·      Types, patterns and morphology of rural settlements;

·      Morphology of Indian cities;

·      Functional classification of Indian cities;

·      Conurbations and metropolitan regions; urban sprawl;

·      Slums and associated problems;

·      Town planning; Problems of urbanization and remedies

 

15.00
Unit III: 

Transport, Communication and Trade:                                      

·      Road, railway, waterway, airway and pipeline networks and their complementary roles in regional development

·      Growing importance of ports on national and foreign trade

·      Trade balance

·      Trade Policy

·      Export processing zones

·      Developments in communication and information technology and their impacts on economy and society

·      Indian space Programme

 

15.00
Unit IV: 

Political Aspects:      

·      Geographical basis of Indian federalism;

·      State reorganization;

·      Emergence of new states;

·      Regional consciousness and interstate issues;

·      Cross border terrorism;

·      India's role in world affairs;

·      Geopolitics of South Asia and Indian Ocean realm.

 

15.00
Unit V: 

Contemporary Issues:                               

·      Environmental hazards: landslides, earthquakes, Tsunamis, floods and     

·      droughts, epidemics.

·      Issues relating to environmental pollution and degradation.

·      Linkage of rivers.

·      Globalization and Indian economy. Students will acknowledge with the types of hazards which occurring all over India. As well study the different perspective of globalization in India.

 

Essential Readings: 

·      Sharma, T.C: Economic Geography of India (New Delhi, Rawat publications, 2013)

·      Singh: A Geography of India (Delhi : Atma Ram and Sons, 2006)

·      Sengupta, Smita; Nag, Prithvish ; Geography of India (New Delhi : Concept Publishing Company, 1992)

·      Tirtha, Ranjit: Geography of India ( New Delhi, Rawat Publications,2008)

·      Qazi: Geography of India (Delhi : A.P.H. Publishing Corporation, 2011)

·      Bansal: Geography of India (Hindi- Bharat kaaBhugol) (Meerut:                                  Meenakshi Prakashan, 2004)

·      Gautam, Alka: Advanced Geography of India (Allahabad ,ShardaPustakBhavan, 2006)

·      Khullar,D.R.: India : A Comprehensive Geography (New Delhi, Kalyani Publishers, 2005)

·      Deshpande, C.D.: India : a Regional Interpretation (Indian Council of Social Science Research; New Delhi, 1992)

 

References: 

Academic Year: 
2022-2023