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Fundamentals of Human Geography

Unit I: Human Geography: Nature and Scope

Unit II: People

Population of the world – distribution, density and growth;

• Population change-spatial patterns and structure; determinants of population change;

• Age-sex ratio; rural-urban composition;

• Human development – concept; selected indicators, international comparisons.

Unit III: Human Activities

• Primary activities – concept and changing trends; gathering, pastoral, mining, subsistence

agriculture, modern agriculture; people engaged in agriculture and allied activities – some examples

from selected countries;

• Secondary activities – concept; manufacturing: agro-processing, household, small scale, large scale;

people engaged in secondary activities – some examples from selected countries;

• Tertiary activities – concept; trade, transport and communication; services; people engaged in tertiary

activities – some examples from selected countries;

• Quaternary activities – concept; knowledge based industries; people engaged in quaternary activities

– some examples from selected countries.

Unit IV: Transport, Communication and Trade

Land transport – roads, railways – rail network; trans-continental railways;

• Water transport- inland waterways; major ocean routes;

• Air transport – Intercontinental air routes;

• Oil and gas pipelines;

• Satellite communication and cyber space;

• International trade – Basis and changing patterns; ports as gateways of international trade, roleof

WTO in International trade.

Unit V: Human Settlements

Settlement types – rural and urban; morphology of cities (case study); distribution of megacities;

problems of human settlements in developing countries.

India: People and Economy

Unit I: People

Population: distribution, density and growth; composition of population – linguistic, religious; sex,

rural-urban and occupational – regional variations in growth of population ;

• Migration: international, national – causes and consequences;

• Human development – selected indicators and regional patterns;

• Population, environment and development.

Unit II: Human Settlements

Rural settlements – types and distribution;

• Urban settlements – types, distribution and functional classification.

Unit III: Resources and Development

Land resources – general land use; agricultural land use – major crops; agricultural development

and problems, common property resources;

• Water resources – availability and utilization – irrigation, domestic, industrial and other uses;

scarcity of water and conservation methods – rain water harvesting and watershed management

(one case study related with participatory watershed management to be introduced) ;

• Mineral and energy resources – metallic and non-metallic minerals and their distribution;

conventional and non-conventional energy sources;

• Industries – types and distribution; industrial location and clustering; changing pattern of selected

industries – iron and steel, cotton textiles, sugar, petrochemicals, and knowledge based industries;

impact of liberalisation, privatisation and globalisation on industrial location;

• Planning in India – target area planning (case study); idea ofsustainable development (case study).

Unit IV: Transport, Communication and International Trade

• Transport and communication — roads, railways, waterways and airways; oil and gas pipelines;

national electric grids; communication networkings – radio, television, satellite and internet;

• International trade — changing pattern of India’s foreign trade; sea ports and their hinterland

and airports.

Unit V: Geographical Perspective on Selected Issues and Problems

Environmental pollution; urban-waste disposal;

• Urbanisation-rural-urban migration; problem of slums;

• Land Degradation