Resource Geography and Globalisation

Paper Code: 
GEO-143
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Unit I: 

Resource classifications:

  • Economic Versus Biological Resources
  •  Computer Resources
  • Land or Natural Resources
  • Labor or Human Resources
  • Capital or Infrastructure
  • Tangible versus Intangible Resources
  • Resource Use and Sustainable Development
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Unit II: 

Natural resources in India

  • Water, land, forest, power and minerals resource 
  • Utilization of resources in India. Physical and socio-economic basis
  • Ground water resources and their management. Problems of groundwater utilization: groundwater quality, groundwater salinity, groundwater depletion and water logging, 
  • Inland water resource
  • Geothermal energy resource and utilization
  • India power reform • Resource utilization, planning and management in India.
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Unit III: 
  • World Economy and the Capitalist mode of production, 
  • The Basic Elements of World Economy : A Single Market, a Multiple State System, the Three-tier structure; 
  • A Space-Time Matrix of the World Economy, Dynamics of World Economy
  • Spatial Structure of the World Economy.
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Unit IV: 
  • Economic Development: Globlization or Internationalization,
  • A Brief introduction to World Trade, Patterns of International Trade, 
  • Organization; WTO and Developing Counrties.
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Unit V: 
  • Globalisation and Indian Agriculture; New Agricultural Policy.
  • Globalisation and cropping pattern; Issues of food security & accessibility; Rural poverty and malnutrition.
  • Globalisation and Industrialization in India; New Industrial Policy
  • Globalisation And Small Developing Economies: Challenges And Opportunities
  • Nation-States, Globalization and The Environment
References: 
  1. Alagh, Y.K. (2003), Globalisation and Agricultural Crisis in India, Deep and Deep Publications, New Delhi.
  2. Andreae, B. (1981) Farming, Development and Space : A World Agricultural Geography,Water de Grytar, New York.
  3. Bansal, P.C. (1977) Agricultural Problems of India, Vikas, New Delhi.
  4. Hussain, M. (1996) Systematic Agricultural Geography, Rawat Pub. Co,
  5. Memoria, C.B. and Tripathy, B.B. (2007) Agricultural Problems of India, Kitab Mahal, New Delhi.
  6. Mohammad, N. (1978) Agricultural Land Use in India, A Case Study, Inter India Publications, Delhi.
  7. Mohammad N. (ed.) (1980) Perspectives in Agricultural Geography (5 Vol)., Concept Publishing Co., New Delhi.
  8. Morgon, W.B. and Munton, R.J.C. (1971) Agricultural Geography,Methuen Co. Ltd., London.
  9. Prasad C.S. (2006) Sixty Years of Indian Agricultural Geography, Methuen Co. Ltd., London.
  10. Singh, J. (1974) Agricultural Gepgraphy, Tata Mc Graw Hill Publishing Co. Ltd., New delhi.
  11. Sharma, B.L. (1990) Agricultutal Geography, Rawat Publication, Jaipur
Academic Year: 
2018-2019