Human-Centric Geography

Paper Code: 
GEO 144A
Credits: 
4
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 
  • uman geography is a wide-ranging discipline that draws together many of the strands important for understanding the world today.
  • It examines human societies and how they develop, their culture, economy and politics, all within the context of their environment.

Learning outcome (at course level)

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment Strategies

  
 

CLO 06:  The students will develop in-depth knowledge of the major paradigm shifts in human geographic thought.

CLO 07:  They shall develop an advanced empirical and theoretical knowledge in Urban Studies and Planning, Social Transformations, Development and Politics, and Economic and Population Geography.

CLO 08:  They will be able to formulate precise research questions, develop a good research design and structure sound argumentation in the analysis of specific issues and apply scientific methods and tools to the analysis of empirical and theoretical problems and contribute to their understanding and solution.

CLO 09:  They shall present and write knowledge-based material to an academic standard. They can independently assess and reflect upon the methodological, ethical and practical challenges of research

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,

Assignments, Presentation, Individual and group projects

 

Perspectives in Human Geography:
  • Areal differentiation and Regional synthesis;
  • Dichotomy and dualism;
  • Environmentalism;
  • Quantitative revolution
  • Radical, Behavioural, Human and Welfare approaches;
  • Languages, religions and secularization;
  • Cultural regions of the world;
  •   Human development index.

 

Economic Geography:
  • World economic development: measurement and problems;
  • World resources and their distribution;
  • Energy crisis; the limits to growth;
  • World agriculture: typology of agricultural regions;
  • agricultural inputs and productivity;
  • Food and nutrition problems;
  • Food security;
  • World industries: locational patterns and problems; patterns of world trade.

 

Population Geography:
  • Growth and distribution of world population;
  • demographic attributes;
  • Causes and consequences of migration;
  • concepts of over-under-and optimum population;
  • world population problems and policies,
  • Social wellbeing and quality of life;
  • Population as social capital.
  • Problems and remedies of urbanization
  • Sustainable development of cities

 

Regional Planning:
  • Concept of a region;
  • Types of regions and methods of regionalization;
  • Growth centers and growth poles;
  • Regional imbalances;
  • regional development strategies;
  • environmental issues in regional planning;
  • Planning for sustainable development

 

Models, Theories and Laws in Human Geography:
  • Systems analysis in Human geography;
  • Malthusian  and demographic transition models;
  • Central Place theories of Christaller and Losch;
  • Von Thunen's model of agricultural location;
  • Weber's model of industrial location.

 

References: 
  • Rubenstin,James: Contemporary Human Geography (Pearson Education, Delhi, 2015).
  • Leong ; Morgan,Gillian C.: Human and Economic Geography (Delhi ,1982 )
  • Hussain, M: Human Geography (Rawat Publications, 2003, New Delhi)
  • Kumar,Avinash :Models Theories and Laws in Human Geography ( Anmol Publications, New Delhi, 2014)
  • Singh,Vaishali: Human Geography(Alka Publications, New Delhi ,2011) 
  • Sharma,Sandeep :Human Geography (Rajat Publications, Delhi, 2015)           
  • Borgohain,Bani :Human Rights : Social Justice and Political Challenges (Kanishka Publishers, Delhi, 2014)
Academic Year: 
2021-2022