REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Paper Code: 
GGEO 201
Credits: 
04
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 
 
 
Course Objective: This paper will acquaint the students with the global climatic conditions and the
oceanography.
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Regional Development

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

CO1: Students will be able to learn the basics of Atmosphere, temperature patterns, heat budget and insolation on global level.

CO2:  Students will learn about the atmospheric pressure belts system, different types of clouds, humidity, monsoon of India and global wind system.

CO3: This gives a thorough understanding of cyclones, world climate, and types of precipitation, global warming.

CO4: Students will learn about the configuration of ocean floor of the world, ocean temperature, salinity and movements of oceanic currents.

CO5: Students will be able to understand the importance of geostrategic views of oceans and Antarctica.

Approach in Teaching:

 

Interactive lectures, Discussion, Tutorials, Reading assignments, Demonstrations.

 

 

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.
 
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: 
1. Adell, German (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.
2. Bhatt, L.S. (1976) Micro Level Planning in India. KB Publication, Delhi.
3. Deshpande, C.D. (1992) : India : A Regional Interpretation, ICSSR, New Delhi.
4. Dreze, J. and A. Sen, Indian Development : Select Regional Perspectives (Oxford : Oxford
University Press, 1996).
5. Sen, Amartya (2000) Development as Freedom, Random House, Toronto 6. Raza, M., Ed.(1988)
6. Regional Development : Contributions to Indian Geography, Heritage Publishers, New Delhi.
7. Rapley, John (2007) Understanding Development : Theory and Practice in the 3 rd World, Lynne
Rienner, London.
8. Schmidt- Kallert, Einhard (2005), A Short Introduction to Micro-Regional Planning, Food and
Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
 
9. Sdyasuk, Galina and P. Sengupta (1967): Economic Regionalization of India, Census of India.
References: 
 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.
Academic Year: 
2023-2024