REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING

Paper Code: 
GEO 123
Credits: 
5
Contact Hours: 
75.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 
  • To understand and evaluate the concept of region in geography and its role and relevance in regional planning;
  • To identify the issues relating to the development of the region through the process of spatial organization of various attributes and their inter relationship.
  • To identify the causes of regional disparities in development, perspectives and policy imperatives.

Course Outcomes (COs) 

Learning and  

teaching strategies

Assessment  

Strategies

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

CO1: They will able to elaborate the basic concept,  characteristic, scope methods of regional planning  also the need of planning. 

CO2: they will develop understanding of planning  process in different in area like drought prone area,  tribal areas etc. 

CO3: They will able to summarize the concept of  development and points like sustainable  development, regionalization and planning regions  in India. 

CO4: The students will develop understand of the  theories of regional development and evaluation of  regional disparities like identification and planning  of backward regions.  

CO5: They will acknowledge the regional  development in Rajasthan along this factors like  connectivity, regional disparity and development  strategies.

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
Unit I: 

• Regional concept in Geography: 

-Types, hierarchy and characteristics of regions 

-Delineation methods of regions – Formal, Functional and Nodal. 

• Geography and regional planning. 

• Concept and scope of Regional Planning. 

• Regional Approaches. 

  • Principles and techniques of regional planning. 
  • NEED FOR PLANNING
 
15.00
Unit II: 

• Conceptual and theoretical frame work of regional planning: 

 -Growth pole and growth foci.

• Planning Processes: 

 -Multilevel 

 -decentralized planning. 

• Integrated Area Development Planning (IADP): 

• Planning for :  

-Tribal and hilly areas 

 - Drought prone areas 

 - Command areas 

 - Watershed. 

• Planning for Metropolitan Region: CBD, satellite towns, urban green belt and role of  NITI Aayog  

 
15.00
Unit III: 

 • Concept of Development. 

• Indicators of development. 

• Regional imbalance. 

• Planning for sustainable development and SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals).

• Regionalization of India: 

-Based on natural, economic and administration (macro and Meso levels only).

• Planning Regions in India (according to Town and Country Planning) 

 
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Unit IV: 

• Theories of regional development: 

-Theories of Hager Strand and Friedman 

• An evaluation of regional disparities / imbalances: 

-Backward regions of India. 

-Identification of backward areas 

-Planning backward area. 

-Causes and consequences regional of disparities. 

-Measures of disparities.

 
15.00
Unit V: 

 • Regional Development in Rajasthan 

• Introduction physical regions resource regions and cultural regions 

• Factors influencing Connectivity and regional development. 

• Factors responsible regional disparity. 

• Regional development strategies in Rajasthan.

Essential Readings: 

• Mishra, R.P: Regional Planning (New Delhi :Concept Publishing Company, 2002)  • Chandna, R.C.: Regional Planning and Development ( New Delhi: Kalyani Publishers,  2012)  

• Chand, mahesh ; Puri,V.K : Regional Planning in India (New Delhi: Allied Publishers  Ltd., 2010)  

• Thakur, Rameshwar, Jeet,Inder ; Abay ; Resources and Regional Development in India  (New Delhi: Rawat Publications, 2014)  

• Sreedher G ; Rajasekhar,D :Rural Development in India (New Delhi : Concept  Publishing Company, 2014)

 
Academic Year: 
2022-2023