Population Geography

Paper Code: 
GEO 323
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: Students are able to know the basics of population geography and its importance of research in this field. 

CO2: they will study the different theories given on different variables of Population like Mortality, Fertility and Migration. 

CO3: they can visualize the important population policies and population issues in world as well in India. 

CO4: they will able to know about the human resource and its role.  

CO5: students will introduce with different aspects like case studies, technology and population development. 

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

• Introduction to Population Geography, its relation with other disciplines, population structure and characteristics. 

• Importance of research in Population Geography 

15.00

• Concept of mortality and theories in population growth 

• Concept and theories of fertility 

• Concept and theories of migration  

 

15.00

• Population projection  

• Population policies 

• Population issues : Indian scenario 

• Population issues : World scenario  

• Demographic transition in present situation  

 

15.00

• Geography of Population Resources 

-Introduction: definition, nature and scope  

• Role of population resource in geography 

• Manpower planning: sector wise  

• Manpower management in India  

Models for development of human resources in India  

15.00

• Case studies of manpower development in Japan and Switzerland or BRICS nations 

• Scarcity and unemployment of manpower  

• Status and roles of women and men. Demographic implications of recent changes in gender roles, families  and household 

• Poverty and wealth  

• Technology and population development 

Essential Readings: 

• Singh, P. Diwan: Geography of Population, Delhi : Rajat Publications, 2018. 

• Bashford, Alison : Global Population :History, Geopolitics and life on Earth (New York : Columbia University Press, 2013) 

• Ameri : India's Population Problem  (New Delhi , Anmol Publications, 2013) 

• Hassan, Mohammad Izhar : Population Geography (New Delhi , Rawat Publications, 2005) 

• Pandey, Akhilesh K: Population Geography (India : Ancient Publishing House, 2015) 

• Tripathi, R.K.: Population Geography (New Delhi: Common Wealth Publishers; 2000) 

• Newbold, K.Bruce : Population Geography: Tools & Issues (New Delhi, Rawat Publications, 2012) 

• Sharma, Seema: Demographic Transition in India (Jaipur : Aavishkar Publishers Dis, 2016) 

• Sharma, Rajendra Kumar: Demography and Population Problems (New Delhi : Atlantic Publishers And Distributors, 2007 

 

Academic Year: 
2022-2023