GENERIC ELECTIVE: REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT (Theory)

Paper Code: 
25GGEO201
Credits: 
4
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

Course Objective: Regional development is the core area of geographical inquiry. Decentralized planning has a profound role in managing the evolved situation.

 

Course Outcomes: 

Course

Course Outcomes (Cos)

Learning & Teaching Strategies

Assessment Strategies

Course Code

Course Title

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

25

GGEO 201

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Regional Development (Theory)

CO1: Analyse the theoretical foundation and conceptual grounding of this branch; they will understand and identify regions as an integral part of geographical study.

CO2: Interpret the role and relevance in regional planning and about regional imbalances.

CO3: Acquire a thorough understanding of choice of planning region and process of delineation of planning regions based on selected parameters.

CO4: Explore the models of regional planning and appreciate the relevance of the regional planning.

CO5: Assess the theoretical perspective on the models and special area development plans of regional planning.

CO6: Contribute effectively in course-specific interaction.

Approach in Teaching:

Interactive lectures, Discussion, Reading assignments.

 

 

Learning activities for the students:

Self-                    learning assignments, Seminar presentation.

Class                       Test,

Semester                      end examinations, Quiz, Assignments, Presentation, Individual                      and Group projects.

 

12.00
Unit I: 
  • Definition of Region
  • Types and Need of Regional Planning
  • Formal, Functional and Planning regions.

 

 

 

12.00
Unit II: 
  • Regional Development
  • Regional Imbalance
  • Problems of Functional Regions

 

 

 

12.00
Unit III: 

 

  • Choice of a Region for Planning
  • Characteristics of an Ideal Planning Region
  • Delineation of Planning Regions

 

 

12.00
Unit IV: 

 

  • Regions: Regionalization of India for planning (Agro Ecological Zones)
  • Strategies / Models for Regional Planning
  • Growth pole model of Perroux

 

 

12.00
Unit V: 

 

  • Growth center model in Indian Context: Village Cluster
  • Problem Regions and Regional planning
  • Backward Regions and Regional plans
  • Special area development plans in India
  • DVC- The success story and failure

 

Essential Readings: 

 

ESSENTIAL READINGS

 

  • Adell, Germán (1999) Literature Review: Theories and Models Of The Peri-Urban Interface: A Changing Conceptual Landscape, Peri-urban Research Project Team, Development Planning Unit, University College London at
  • Bhatt, L.S. (1976) Micro Level Planning in India. KB Publication, Delhi
  • Deshpande C. D., 1992: India: A Regional Interpretation, ICSSR, New Delhi.
  • Dreze J. and A. Sen, Indian Development: Select Regional Perspectives (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996).
  • Ses, Amratya (2000) Development as Freedom. Random House, Toronto 6. Raza, M., Ed. (1988).
  • Regional Development. Contributions to Indian Geography. New Delhi, Heritage Publishers.
  • Rapley, John (2007) Understanding Development: Theory and Practice in the 3rd World. Lynne Rienner, London.
  • Schmidt-Kallert, Einhard (2005) A Short Introduction to Micro-Regional Planning, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
  • Sdyasuk Galina and P Sengupta (1967): Economic Regionalisation of India, Census of India.

 

 

SUGGESTED READINGS

 

 

  • Raza, Munish, 1993, Social Structure and Regional Development, Rawat Publications.
  • Mandal, R.B., 1990, Patterns of Regional Geography, Concept Publishing Company Pvt Limited.
  • Chorley,R.J., Hagget Peter, 1974, Network Analysis in Geography, Hodder and Stoughton Educational Publisher.

 

 

     

     

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    Academic Year: 
    2025-2026