GEOGRAPHY

UNIT-I (Physical Geography) : Seismic Study and Constitution of the Earth’s Interior, Continental Drift Theory and Plate Tectonics, Concept of Geosynclines and Theories of mountain building and Isostasy. Forms of Valley Development: Contribution of W.M. Davis, W. Penck & L.C. King, Quantitative analysis of Erosional Landforms: Laws of Drainage Morphometry, Insolation and Heat Budget, Monsoon and Jet Stream, Atmospheric Disturbances: Tropical and Temperate Cyclones, Surface Configuration of Ocean Floor, Currents of Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. UNIT-II (Human and Economic Geography) : Culture and Geography: Cultural realms of the World, Rural Settlement: Factors affecting settlement, Patterns of Rural settlement, Urban Settlement: Towns and Cities, The rank-size distribution of cities, The shape and structure of towns, Central Place Theories, The process of World Urbanization, Resource Utilization and Economic Development, Principles of Natural Resource Conservation. The Role of Transportation and Communication in Economic Development. UNIT-III (Cartography and Statistics) : Earth Map Relations: Spherical, Ellipsoidal and Geoidal Earth, Geographical Coordinates, Properties of Graticule, Basic Characteristics of Maps, Map Types, Map Forms, mapping Constraints, Cartographic data Analysis: Groupping Techniques and Mapping Methods, The Cartographic Communication Process, Cartographic Parameters, The Fundamental Properties of a Map projection, Measures of Dispersion and Variability, Correlation and Regression Analysis in Geography. UNIT-IV (Environmental Geography) : Cultural Changes and Sustainability (Agricultural Revolution, Industrial Revolution and Information/ Globalization Revolution), Poverty and Environment: Their Status, Trends and Environmental Consequences of Poverty, The Concept of Disaster and Disaster Management, The Concept of Disaster Management Cycle- Post Disaster Review Prevention, Mitigation, Prepardness, Disaster Impact, Response, Recovery, Development, Environmental Impact Assessment: Concept, Process and Evaluation Methods, Goals and Principles of EIA, Effects of EIA on Projects, Perennial Problems in EIA Implementation, Social Impact Assessment: Definition, The Steps and Guiding Principles, Methods for Preliminary and Main Phase in SIA, Problems Confronting SIA, Fundamentals Issues in SIA. Sustainable Development—Concept, Definition and Goal, Dimensions of Sustainable Development—Programme of Action for Sustainable Development in Agenda-21. UNIT-V (Geographic Thought) : Geographical Concepts in Ancient Period-Contributions by Indians, Greeks, Romans and Chinese, Medieval Period: Arabian Geography, Renaissance in Geography, Modern Period in Geography: Contributions of Humboldt, Ritter and Ratzel, Dualism and Dichotomy in Geography, Concept of Crude Determinism, Environmentalism, Neo-Determinism, Scientific Determinism, Stop and Go Determinism, Pragmatic Possibilism, The Quantitative and Theoretical Revolution in Geography, Paradigms—Testing of Hypothesis, Model Building, Diffusion of Innovation, Geography- A new Synthesis—Empirical Philosophy of Regional Geography, Scientific Explanations in Geography, Trends Towards a New Synthesis.