Economic Geography

Definition, nature, and scope of economic geography, development, recent approach:  quantitative approach, nomothetic approach, systematic approach.

Resources: Definition, major types of natural resources: Renewable and non- renewable resources; Discrusive view of resources: Pessimistic, optimistic and balanced view; Malthusian and Ricardian resource perspective; Economic and environmental approaches to resource utilisation; Resource depletion and resource conservation; Forrester- Meadows model on Limit to Growth; Sustainable use of resources.

Agriculture: Definition and Characteristics, factors influencing agriculture, Agricultural typology: nomadic, subsistence agriculture, plantation agriculture, Mediterranean agriculture, Mixed farming, Commercial grain farming, Livestock farming and ranching; Agriculture modernization and recent production trends; Theories and Models: Vonthunen’s isolated state, laws of return and concept of rent.

Industries: Factors of industrial location; Theories of industrial location: Weber's Least cost theory, Loscher's economics of location, Industries-Iron & Steel, Textile, Agricultural Chemical Industries (Fertilizer and Pesticides); Major Industrial Regions of the World.

Dynamics of world trade and investment: Trade and international co-operation in trade, Structure and role of different organization: ASEAN, EU, WTO, OPEC.