URBAN GEOGRAPHY

Paper Code: 
GEO 124
Credits: 
5
Contact Hours: 
75.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

 

•                     understand the process of urbanization and origin, growth and classification of urban        settlements with relevant theories and models;

•                     examine the changing economic base and structure of the contemporary cities;

•                     relate urbanization process and the evolution of urban system;

•                     examine the contemporary urban issues and suggest new urban planning and urban policy perspectives.

 

 

Course Outcomes (COs):

Course

Learning outcomes

(at course level)

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment

Strategies

Paper Code

Paper Title

GEO124

URBAN GEOGRAPHY

(Theory)

 

The students will be able to –

 

CO07:  The students would acquire knowledge of urban systems and will understand, and critique key paradigms and approaches in urban geography (e.g., industrial location, urban form, urban growth, recent trends, inequality, etc.).

CO08:  They will be able to link these topics and approaches to specific cases.

CO09:  They will develop skills in the critical analysis of urban hierarchies, process of urbanization, and urban problems and will apply that knowledge in an analysis of urban social or public policy with special reference to India.

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

 

 

15.00
Unit I: 
Nature and Scope of Urban Geography

 

·         Nature and Scope of Urban Geography

·         Different Approaches and Recent Trends in Urban Geography

·         Growth of Urban Settlements and Process of Urbanization

Classification of Urban Settlements on the basis of Size and Function

15.00
Unit II: 
Urban Economic Base:
  • Basic and Non-basic Functions,
  • Concept of Dualism:

-Colonial and Postcolonial Structure,

-Metropolitan City and Changing Urban Function;

Role of Informal Sector in Urban Economy

15.00
Unit III: 
Organization of Urban Space
  • Urban Morphology and Landuse Structure:

-City Core,

-Commercial

-Industrial

-Residential Areas;     

  • Morphology of Indian Urban Settlements
  • Umland,
  • City Sprawl,

Urban Rural Fringe

15.00
Unit IV: 
Contemporary Urban Issues

 

poverty,

-Renewal,

-sprawl,

-slums;

-transportation,

-housing, urban infrastructure,

-urban environment,

-urban crime,

-environmental pollutions and solid waste    

15.00
Unit V: 
Urban Policy and Planning in India

Urban Policy,

-Contemporary Issues in Urban Planning,

-Globalization and Urban Planning,

-JNUNURM,

-Garden Cities,

-Sustainable Cities,

-Smart City and Resilient Cities

References: 
  • Siddhartha,K, Mukherjee,Subrata: Cities Urbanisation and Urban System (New Delhi : Kisalaya Publication Pvt.Ltd, 2000)
  • Carter: The Study of Urban Geography (New Delhi: Rawat Publications, 2010)
  • Bhattacharya, B :Urban Development  in India(Since Pre- historic Times) (New Delhi : Concept Publishing Company, 2006)                                                                                                                                                      
  • Bansal : Urban Geography (Meerut : MeenakshiPrakashan, 2010)                                                                                                                                                         
  • Ayyer,Kamal: Urban Geography (RituPublications,Jaipur, 2015 )                                                                                                                                                         
  • Mandal,R.B: Urban Geography : A Textbook (New Delhi : Concept Publishing Company, 2000)                                        
  • Singh,Om: Urban Geography (Jaipur : DND Publications, 2018)                                                                                                                                                          
  • Rao, Prakasa VLS: Urbanization in India(Spatial Dimensions) ( New Delhi Concept Publishing Company, 2013)                                                                                                                                                                        
  • Ramachandran,R: Urbanization and Urban Systems in India (Oxford University Press, 2008)

 

Academic Year: 
2020-2021