GEOGRAPHY

GENERIC ELECTIVE
(FIRST/THIRD SEMESTER)

COURSE CODE: GEO-GE-01-TH

PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY

1. Geography as a discipline: Meaning, scope and content, branches of geography

2. Geotectonics: Origin and evolution of the earth,Interior structure of the earth;
Wegener’s Continental Drift theory and Plate Tectonic theory
3. Rocks: Major types of rocks and their characteristics,
4. Geomorphic processes: Weathering and mass wasting,
5. Geomorphology: Erosional and depositional features of river, glacier and wind.

COURSE CODE: GEO-GE-01-PR

PRACTICALS

1. Scale: Definition, classification, construction of simple linear scale

2. Map Projection: Definition, classification and graphical construction of Zenithal
Gnomonic Projection (Polar Case); Cylindrical Equal Area Projection; Simple
Conical Projection with one Standard Parallel

Reading List
1. Kale V. S. and Gupta A., 2001: Introduction to Geomorphology, Orient Longman,
Hyderabad.
2. Thornbury W. D., 1968: Principles of Geomorphology, Wiley.
3. Gupta K.K. and Tyagi, V. C., 1992: Working with Map, Survey of India, DST, New Delhi.
4. Mishra R.P. and Ramesh, A., 1989: Fundamentals of Cartography, Concept, New Delhi.
5. Monkhouse F. J. and Wilkinson H. R., 1973: Maps and Diagrams, Methuen, London.
6. Singh R. L. and Singh R. P. B., 1999: Elements of Practical Geography, Kalyani Publishers.
7. Sarkar, A. (2015) Practical geography: A systematic approach. Orient Black Swan Private
Ltd., New Delhi
 GEOGRAPHY
GENERIC ELECTIVE
(SECOND/FOURTH SEMESTER)

COURSE CODE: GEO-GE-02-TH

GEOGRAPHY OF INDIA

1. Physiography, climate, natural vegetation and soil

2. Types of settlements, morphology of rural and urban settlements
3. Intensive farming (rice), plantation farming (tea and rubber), horticulture
4. Factors of industrial location, classification of industries, distribution of Iron and Steel
industry, Cotton Textile industry
5. Growth and distribution of population; demographic characteristics of population.

COURSE CODE: GEO-GE-02-PR

PRACTICALS

1. Geological map: Uniclinal and folded structure with given dips

2. Topographical maps: Interpretation of topographical map of India; relief, drainage,
natural vegetation, settlement and transport & communication (plateau region)

Reading List
1. Mandal R. B. (ed.), 1990: Patterns of Regional Geography – An International Perspective.
Vol. 3 – Indian Perspective.
2. Sharma, T. C. 2003: India - Economic and Commercial Geography. Vikas Publ., New Delhi.
3. Singh R. L., 1971: India: A Regional Geography, National Geographical Society of India.
4. Singh, Jagdish 2003: India; A Comprehensive & Systematic Geography,
GyanodayaPrakashan, Gorakhpur.
5. Spate O. H. K. and Learmonth A. T. A., 1967: India and Pakistan: A General and Regional
Geography, Methuen.
6. Tirtha, Ranjit 2002: Geography of India, Rawat Publishers, Jaipur & New Delhi.
7. Tiwari, R.C. (2007) Geography of India. PrayagPustakBhawan, Allahabad
8. Sharma, T.C. (2013) Economic Geography of India. Rawat Publication, Jaipur
 FIRST SEMESTER
GEOGRPHY
HONOURS COURSE
DISCIPLINE SPECIFIC CORE COURSE -DSC

COURSE CODE: GEO-H-DSC-1-01-TH Credit: 04

GEOTECTONIC
1. Earth’s tectonic and structural evolution with reference to geological time scale;
2. Earth: Interior structure and theories of Isostasy
3. Earth Movements: Plate Tectonics: constructive, conservative and destructive plate
margins and resultant landforms; and sea floor spreading
4. Types of folds and faults and resultant landforms, earthquakes; volcanoes and
associated landforms.

COURSE CODE: GEO-H-DSC-1-01- PR Credit: 02

PRACTICALS
1. Scales: Concept and application; graphical construction of plain, comparative
diagonal and vernierscales.
2. Map Projections: Classification, properties and uses; Mathematical/graphical
construction of Polar Zenithal Stereographic Projection, Bonne’s Projection,
Mercator’s Projections and Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) Projection.

Practical Record: A project file covering all practical topics must be prepared.

COURSE CODE: GEO-H-DSC-1-02-TH Credit: 04

GEOMORPHOLOGY
1. Geomorphology: Nature and scope; Fundamental concepts
2. Geomorphic processes: weathering, mass wasting, cycle of erosion (Davis and
Penck).
3. Evolution of erosional and depositional landforms: fluvial, karst, aeolian, glacial, and
coastal;
4. Slope: Forms and processes

COURSE CODE: GEO-H-DSC-1-02- PR Credit: 02

PRACTICALS
1. Topographical Map: Interpretation of mountain area with the help of cross and
longitudinal profiles; interpretation of relief profile: superimposed, projected and
composite;Slope Analysis: Wentworth’s method and Smith’s method.
2. Identification of rocks and minerals: granite, basalt, limestone, shale, sandstone,
phyllite, slate, marble, schist, quartzite, bauxite, calcite, chalcopyrite, feldspar, galena,
haematite, magnetite, mica, quartz and talc
Practical Record: A project file covering all practical topics must be prepared.

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Reading List
1. Bloom A. L., 2003: Geomorphology: A Systematic Analysis of Late Cenozoic Landforms,
Prentice-Hall of India, New Delhi.
2. Bridges E. M., 1990: World Geomorphology, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
3. Christopherson, Robert W., (2011), Geosystems: An Introduction to Physical Geography, 8
Ed., Macmillan Publishing Company
4. Kale V. S. and Gupta A., 2001: Introduction to Geomorphology, Orient Longman,
Hyderabad.
5. Knighton A. D., 1984: Fluvial Forms and Processes, Edward Arnold Publishers, London
6. Richards K. S., 1982: Rivers: Form and Processes in Alluvial Channels, Methuen, London.
7. Selby, M.J., (2005), Earth’s Changing Surface, Indian Edition, OUP
8. Skinner, Brian J. and Stephen C. Porter (2000), The Dynamic Earth: An Introduction to
physical Geology, 4th Edition, John Wiley and Sons
9. Thornbury W. D., 1968: Principles of Geomorphology, Wiley.
10. Anson R. and Ormelling F. J., 1994: International Cartographic Association: Basic
Cartographic Vol. Pregmen Press.
11. Gupta K.K. and Tyagi, V. C., 1992: Working with Map, Survey of India, DST, New Delhi.
12. Mishra R.P. and Ramesh, A., 1989: Fundamentals of Cartography, Concept, New Delhi.
13. Monkhouse F. J. and Wilkinson H. R., 1973: Maps and Diagrams, Methuen, London.
14. Rhind D. W. and Taylor D. R. F., (eds.), 1989: Cartography: Past, Present and Future,
Elsevier, International Cartographic Association.
15. Robinson A. H., 2009: Elements of Cartography, John Wiley and Sons, New York.
16. Singh R. L. and Singh R. P. B., 1999: Elements of Practical Geography, Kalyani Publishers.
17. Sarkar, A. (2015) Practical geography: A systematic approach. Orient Black Swan Private
Ltd., New Delhi

Important Note: Continuing evaluation will be as follows:

COURSE CODE: GEO-H-DSC-1-01: Class Test
COURSE CODE: GEO-H-DSC-1-02: Class Test

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 SECOND SEMESTER
GEOGRPHY
HONOURS COURSE
DISCIPLINE SPECIFIC CORE COURSE -DSC

COURSE CODE: GEO-H-DSC-2-03- H Credit: 04

HUMAN GEOGRAPHY
1. Defining Human Geography; major themes; contemporary relevance;
2. Space and society: cultural regions; race; religion and language
3. Population growth and distribution with special reference to India; population
composition; Demographic Transition Theory
4. Population-Resource relationship

COURSE CODE: GEO-H-DSC-2-03-PR Credit: 02

PRACTICALS
1. Diagrammatic data presentation: line, bar and circle
2. Thematic Mapping Techniques: properties, uses and limitations; Areal Data:
Choropleth, Chorochromatic, Dot, Proportional Cubes; Point Data: Isopleths

Practical Record: A project file covering all practical topics must be prepared.

COURSE CODE: GEO-H-DSC-2-04-TH Credit: 04

SETTLEMENT GEOGRAPHY
1. Settlements: Origin and growth of rural and urban settlements
2. Classification and morphology of settlements;
3. Trends and patterns of world urbanization with special reference to India
4. Theories of urban growth: Concentric Zone Theory; Sector Theory; Multiple Nuclei
Theory

COURSE CODE: GEO-H-DSC-2-04-PR Credit: 02

PRACTICALS
1. Concept of levelling and surveying; Levelling by Dumpy Level along a given line by
rise and fall and collimation method; determination of height of an object with
accessible and inaccessible base in the same vertical plane by Theodolite (transit);
2. Thematic maps: Preparation and interpretation by conventional method.

Practical Record: A project file covering all practical topics must be prepared.)

Reading List
1. Chandna, R.C. (2010) Population Geography, Kalyani Publisher
2. Hassan, M.I. (2005) Population Geography, Rawat Publications, Jaipur

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3. Daniel, P.A. and Hopkinson, M.F. (1989) The Geography of Settlement, Oliver & Boyd,
London.
4. Johnston R; Gregory D, Pratt G. et al. (2008) The Dictionary of Human Geography,
Blackwell Publication.
5. Jordan-Bychkov et al. (2006) The Human Mosaic: A Thematic Introduction to Cultural
Geography. W. H. Freeman and Company, New York
6. Cuff J. D. and Mattson M. T., 1982: Thematic Maps: Their Design and Production, Methuen
Young Books
7. Dent B. D., Torguson J. S., and Holder T. W., 2008: Cartography: Thematic Map Design (6th
Edition), Mcgraw-Hill Higher Education
8. Gupta K. K. and Tyagi V. C., 1992: Working with Maps, Survey of India, DST, New Delhi.
9. Kraak M.-J. and Ormeling F., 2003: Cartography: Visualization of Geo-Spatial Data,
Prentice-Hall.
10. Mishra R. P. and Ramesh A., 1989: Fundamentals of Cartography, Concept, New Delhi.
11. Singh R. L. and Singh R. P. B., 1999: Elements of Practical Geography, Kalyani Publishers.
12. Slocum T. A., Mcmaster R. B. and Kessler F. C., 2008: Thematic Cartography and
Geovisualization (3rd Edition), Prentice Hall.
13. Tyner J. A., 2010: Principles of Map Design, The Guilford Press.
14. Sarkar, A. (2015) Practical geography: A systematic approach. Orient Black Swan Private
Ltd., New Delhi

Important Note: Continuing evaluation will be as follows:

COURSE CODE: GEO-H-DSC-2-03: Term Paper
COURSE CODE: GEO-H-DSC-2-04: Seminar

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 THIRD SEMESTER
GEOGRPHY
HONOURS COURSE
DISCIPLINE SPECIFIC CORE COURSE -DSC

COURSE CODE: GEO-H-DSC-3-05-TH Credit: 04

CLIMATOLOGY
1. Atmospheric composition and structure; insolation and temperature:factors and
distribution, heat budget, temperature inversion.
2. Atmospheric pressure and winds:planetary winds, forces affecting winds, general
circulation, jet streams; Monsoon: origin and mechanism.
3. Atmospheric moisture:evaporation, humidity, condensation, fog and clouds,
precipitation types; climatic regions (Koppen)
4. Cyclones: Tropical cyclones, extra tropical cyclones

COURSE CODE: GEO-H-DSC-3-05-PR Credit: 02

PRACTICALS
1. Meteorological instruments: Recording of Maximum and Minimum thermometer,
Hygrometer, Fortin’s barometer
2. Interpretation of Indian daily weather report (summer and winter case);
Representation of climatic data by climographs and hythergraphs

Practical Record: A project file covering all practical topics must be prepared.

COURSE CODE: GEO-H-DSC-3-06-TH Credit: 04

STATISTICAL METHODS IN GEOGRAPHY
1. Significance of statistics in Geography
2. Use of data in Geography: Geographical data matrix, significance of statistical
methods in geography; sources of data, scales of measurement (nominal, ordinal,
interval, ratio)
3. Sampling: purposive, random, systematic and stratified
4. Theoretical distribution: probability and normal distribution.

COURSE CODE: GEO-H-DSC-3-06-PR Credit: 02

PRACTICALS
1. Tabulation of data; frequency distribution table, class group and class interval;
Descriptivestatistics: Deciles, Quartiles, Cross Tabulation, Measures of Central
Tendency (Mean, Median and Mode), Centrographic techniques,Measures of
Dispersion (Standard Deviation, Variance and Coefficient of Variation).
2. Association and Correlation: Rank Correlation, Product Moment Correlation, and
Simple Regression.

Practical Record: A project file covering all practical topics must be prepared.

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Each student will submit a practical record containing the following exercises:
1. Construction of a data matrix of about (10 x 10) with each row representing an areal unit
(districts or villages or towns) and about 10 columns of relevant attributes of the areal units.
2. Based on the above table, a frequency table, measures of central tendency and dispersion to
be computed and interpreted for any two attributes
3. Based on of the sample set and using two relevant attributes, a scatter and regression line to
be plotted with a short interpretation.

Reading List
1. Barry R. G. and Carleton A. M., 2001: Synoptic and Dynamic Climatology, Routledge, UK.
2. Barry R. G. and Corley R. J., 1998: Atmosphere, Weather and Climate, Routledge, New York.
3. Critchfield H. J., 1987: General Climatology, Prentice-Hall of India, New Delhi
4. Lutgens F. K., Tarbuck E. J. and Tasa D., 2009: The Atmosphere: An Introduction to
Meteorology, Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.
5. Oliver J. E. and Hidore J. J., 2002: Climatology: An Atmospheric Science, Pearson
Education, New Delhi.
6. Trewartha G. T. and Horne L. H., 1980: An Introduction to Climate, McGraw-Hill.
7. Berry B. J. L. and Marble D. F. (eds.): Spatial Analysis – A Reader in Geography
8. Ebdon D., 1977: Statistics in Geography: A Practical Approach.
9. Hammond P. and McCullagh P. S., 1978: Quantitative Techniques in Geography: An
Introduction, Oxford University Press
10. King L. S., 1969: Statistical Analysis in Geography, Prentice-Hall. 5. Mahmood A., 1977:
Statistical Methods in Geographical Studies, Concept.
11. Pal S. K., 1998: Statistics for Geoscientists, Tata McGraw Hill, New Delhi.
12. Sarkar, A. (2013) Quantitative geography: techniques and presentations. Orient Black Swan
Private Ltd., New Delhi
13. Silk J., 1979: Statistical Concepts in Geography, Allen and Unwin, London.
14. Spiegel M. R.: Statistics, Schaum's Outline Series.
15. Yeates M., 1974: An Introduction to Quantitative Analysis in Human Geography, McGraw
Hill, New York.

COURSE CODE: GEO-H-DSC-3-07-TH Credit: 04

GEOGRAPHY OF INDIA
1. Physical: Physiographic divisions, soil, vegetation, climate (characteristics and
classification)
2. Economic: Mineral and power resources distribution and utilisation of iron ore, coal,
petroleum, gas; agricultural production and distribution of rice and wheat; industrial
development: automobile and Information Technology
3. Social: Distribution of population by race, caste, religion, language, tribes and their
correlates
4. Regionalisation of India: Physiographic (R.L.Singh), Socio-cultural (Sopher),
Economic (Sengupta)

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COURSE CODE: GEO- H-DSC-3-07-PR Credit: 02
PRACTICALS
1. Monthly temperature and rainfall graphs of five selected stations from different
physiographic regions of India
2. Measuring arithmetic growth rate of population comparing two decadal datasets;
Measures of Inequality: Lorenz Curve and Gini’s Coefficient

Practical Record: A project file covering all practical topics must be prepared.

Reading List
1. Deshpande C. D., 1992: India: A Regional Interpretation, ICSSR, New Delhi.
2. Johnson, B. L. C., ed. 2001. Geographical Dictionary of India. Vision Books, New Delhi.
3. Mandal R. B. (ed.), 1990: Patterns of Regional Geography – An International Perspective.
Vol. 3 – Indian Perspective.
4. Sdyasuk Galina and P Sengupta (1967): Economic Regionalisation of India, Census of India
5. Sharma, T. C. 2003: India - Economic and Commercial Geography. Vikas Publ., New Delhi.
6. Singh R. L., 1971: India: A Regional Geography, National Geographical Society of India.
7. Singh, Jagdish 2003: India; A Comprehensive & Systematic Geography,
GyanodayaPrakashan, Gorakhpur.
8. Spate O. H. K. and Learmonth A. T. A., 1967: India and Pakistan: A General and Regional
Geography, Methuen.
9. Tirtha, Ranjit 2002: Geography of India, Rawat Publishers, Jaipur & New Delhi.
10. Pathak, C. R. 2003: Spatial Structure and Processes of Development in India. Regional
Science Assoc., Kolkata.
11. Tiwari, R.C. (2007) Geography of India. PrayagPustakBhawan, Allahabad
12. Sharma, T.C. (2013) Economic Geography of India. Rawat Publication, Jaipur

Important Note: Continuing evaluation will be as follows:

COURSE CODE: GEO-H-DSC-3-05: Report writing
COURSE CODE: GEO-H-DSC-3-06: Report writing
COURSE CODE: GEO-H-DSC-3-07: Report writing

SKILL ENHANCEMENT COURSE - SEC (ANY ONE)

Students will have to choose any one from the given course

COURSE CODE: GEO-SEC-A-3-01-TH Credit: 02

REMOTE SENSING
1. Remote Sensing: Definition and development; platforms and types; photogrammetry.
2. Satellite Remote Sensing: Principles, EMR Interaction with atmosphere and earth
surface; satellites (Landsat and IRS); sensors
3. Image Processing (Digital and Manual): Pre-processing (Radiometric and Geometric
Correction); Enhancement (Filtering); Classification (Supervised and Un-supervised)
4. Satellite Image Interpretation.

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 5. Application of Remote Sensing: Land Use/Land Cover.
Reading List
1. Bhatta , B. (2008) Remote Sensing and GIS, Oxford University Press, New Delhi.
2. Campbell J. B., 2007: Introduction to Remote Sensing, Guildford Press
3. Jensen, J. R. (2005) Introductory Digital Image Processing: A Remote Sensing Perspective,
Pearson Prentice-Hall.
4. Joseph, G. 2005: Fundamentals of Remote Sensing, United Press India.
5. Lillesand T. M., Kiefer R. W. and Chipman J. W., 2004: Remote Sensing and Image
Interpretation, Wiley. (Wiley Student Edition).
6. Li, Z., Chen, J. and Batsavias, E. (2008) Advances in Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and
Spatial Information Sciences CRC Press, Taylor and Francis, London
7. Mukherjee, S. (2004) Textbook of Environmental Remote Sensing, Macmillan, Delhi.
8. Nag P. and Kudra, M., 1998: Digital Remote Sensing, Concept, New Delhi.
9. Singh R. B. and Murai S., 1998: Space-informatics for Sustainable Development, Oxford and
IBH Pub.

COURSE CODE: GEO-SEC-A-3-01-TH Credit: 02

RURAL DEVELOPMENT
1. Rural Development: Concept, basic elements, measures of level of rural development
2. Paradigms of rural development: Gandhian approach to rural development; Lewis
model of economic development,
3. Area based approach to rural development: Drought prone area programmes, PMGSY
4. Target group approach to rural development: SJSY, MNREGA, Jan DhanYojana and
rural connectivity
5. Rural Governance: Panchayati Raj System and rural development policies and
programmes in India

Reading list:
1. Gilg, A.W. 1985. An Introduction to Rural Geography, Edwin Arnold.
2. Krishnamurthy, J. 2000. Rural Development: Problems and Prospects, Rawat Publications.
3. Lee, D.A., Chaudhuri, D.P. (Eds) 1983. Rural Development and State, Methuen Publishing.
4. Misra, R.P., Sundaram, K.V. (Eds) 1979. Rural Area Development: Perspectives and
Approaches, Sterling Publishers.
5. Misra, R.P. (Ed.) 1985. Rural Development: Capitalist and Socialist Paths, Vol-1, Concept
Publishing.
6. Ramachandran, H., Guimaraes, J.P.C. 1991. Integrated Rural Development in Asia: Leaning
from Recent Experience, Concept Publishing.
7. Robb, P. (Ed.) 1983. Rural South Asia: Linkages, Change and Development, Curzon Press.
8. Singh, K., Shishodia, A. 2016. Rural Development: Principles, Policies, and Management, 4th
ed, Sage.
9. Wanmali, S. 1992. Rural Infrastructure, the Settlement System and Development of the
Regional Economy in Southern India, International Food Policy Research Institute.
10. Yugandhar, B.N., Mukherjee, N.(Eds) 1991. Studies in Village India: Issues in Rural
Development, Concept Publishing.

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 FOURTH SEMESTER
GEOGRPHY
HONOURS COURSE
DISCIPLINE SPECIFIC CORE COURSE -DSC

COURSE CODE: GEO-H-DSC-4-08-TH Credit: 04

ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY
1. Introduction: Concept of economic activity;factors affecting location of economic
activity with special reference to agriculture (Von Thunen theory), Industry (Weber’s
theory).
2. Primary activities: subsistence and commercial agriculture, forestry, fishing and
mining.
3. Secondary activities: Manufacturing (Cotton Textile, Iron and Steel), Concept of
Manufacturing Regions, Special Economic Zones and Technology Parks.
4. Tertiary activities:transport, trade and services.

COURSE CODE: GEO-H-DSC4-08-PR Credit: 02

PRACTICALS
1. Transport network analysis: connectivity and accessibility
2. Representation of state wise variation in occupational structure and work participation
rate using proportional circles and proportional divided circles;Composite Index:
comparison of developed and backward states

Practical Record: A project file covering all practical topics must be prepared.

Reading List
1. Alexander J. W., 1963: Economic Geography, Prentice-Hall Inc., Englewood Cliffs, New
Jersey
2. Coe N. M., Kelly P. F. and Yeung H. W., 2007: Economic Geography: A Contemporary
Introduction, Wiley-Blackwell.
3. Hodder B. W. and Lee Roger, 1974: Economic Geography, Taylor and Francis.
4. Combes P., Mayer T. and Thisse J. F., 2008: Economic Geography: The Integration of
Regions and Nations, Princeton University Press.
5. Wheeler J. O., 1998: Economic Geography, Wiley.
6. Durand L., 1961: Economic Geography, Crowell.
7. Bagchi-Sen S. and Smith H. L., 2006: Economic Geography: Past, Present and Future,
Taylor and Francis.
8. Willington D. E., 2008: Economic Geography, Husband Press
9. Clark, Gordon L.; Feldman, M.P. and Gertler, M.S., eds. 2000: The Oxford

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COURSE CODE: GEO-H-DSC-4-09-TH Credit: 04
REGIONAL PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
1. Definition of region, evolution and types of regional planning: formal, functional, and
planning regions and regional planning; need for regional planning; types of regional
planning
2. Choice of a region for planning: Characteristics of an ideal planning region;
delineation of planning region; Regionalization of India for planning (Agro
Ecological Zones)
3. Theories and Models for regional planning: Growth Pole Model of Perroux; Growth
Centre Model in Indian Context; Myrdal and Rostow
4. Measuring development: Indicators (economic, social and environmental); Human
development.

COURSE CODE: GEO-H-DSC4-09-PR Credit: 02

PRACTICALS
1. Delineation of formal regions by weighted index method; Delineation of functional
regions by breaking point analysis
2. Measuring inequality by Location Quotient; Measuring regional disparity by Sopher
Index

Practical Record: A project file covering all practical topics must be prepared.

Reading List
1. Blij H. J. De, 1971: Geography: Regions and Concepts, John Wiley and Sons.
2. ClavalP.L, 1998: An Introduction to Regional Geography, Blackwell Publishers, Oxford and
Massachusetts.
3. Friedmann J. and Alonso W. (1975): Regional Policy - Readings in Theory and Applications,
MIT Press, Massachusetts.
4. Gore C. G., 1984: Regions in Question: Space, Development Theory and Regional Policy,
Methuen, London.
5. Gore C. G., Köhler G., Reich U.P. and Ziesemer T., 1996: Questioning Development; Essays
on the Theory, Policies and Practice of Development Intervention, Metropolis- Verlag,
Marburg.
6. Haynes J., 2008: Development Studies, Polity Short Introduction Series.
7. Johnson E. A. J., 1970: The Organization of Space in Developing Countries, MIT Press,
Massachusetts.
8. Peet R., 1999: Theories of Development, The Guilford Press, New York.
9. UNDP 2001-04: Human Development Report, Oxford University Press.
10. World Bank 2001-05: World Development Report, Oxford University Press, New

COURSE CODE: GEO-H-DSC-4-10-TH Credit: 04

FIELD WORK AND RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
1. Field work in geographical studies:Role, value, data and ethics of field-work

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 2. Defining the field and identifying the case study:Rural; urban; physical; human and
environmental
3. Field techniques: Merits, demerits and selection of the appropriate technique;
observation (participant and non participant), questionnaires (open,closed, structured
and non-structured); interview with special focus on focused group discussions; space
survey (transects and quadrants, constructing a sketch)
4. Defining research problems; objectives and hypothesis

COURSE CODE: GEO-H-DSC-4-10-PR Credit: 02

PRACTICAL (FIELD SURVEY)
1. Use of field tools: Collection of material for physical and socio-economic surveys.
2. Designing the field report: Aims and objectives, methodology, analysis, interpretation
and writing the report.

Project Report
1. Each student will prepare an individual report based on primary and secondary data collected
during field work within India
2. The duration of the field work should not exceed 10 days.
3. The word count of the report should be 8000 to 12,000 excluding figures, tables, photographs,
maps, references and appendices.
4. One typed copy of the report on A 4 size paper should be submitted in soft binding.

Reading List
1. Creswell J., 1994: Research Design: Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches Sage
Publications.
2. Dikshit, R. D. 2003. The Art and Science of Geography: Integrated Readings. Prentice-Hall
of India, New Delhi.
3. Evans M., 1988: “Participant Observation: The Researcher as Research Tool” in Qualitative
Methods in Human Geography, eds. J. Eyles and D. Smith, Polity.
4. Mukherjee, Neela 1993. Participatory Rural Appraisal: Methodology and Application.
Concept Publs. Co., New Delhi.
5. Mukherjee, Neela 2002. Participatory Learning and Action: with 100 Field Methods. Concept
Publs. Co., New Delhi
6. Robinson A., 1998: "Thinking Straight and Writing That Way", in Writing Empirical
Research Reports: A Basic Guide for Students of the Social and Behavioural Sciences, eds. by
F. Pryczak and R. Bruce Pryczak, Publishing: Los Angeles.
7. Special Issue on “Doing Fieldwork” The Geographical Review 91:1-2 (2001).
8. Stoddard R. H., 1982: Field Techniques and Research Methods in Geography, Kendall/Hunt.
9. Wolcott, H. 1995. The Art of Fieldwork. Alta Mira Press, Walnut Creek, CA.

Important Note: Continuing evaluation will be as follows:

COURSE CODE: GEO-H-DSC-4-08: Class Test
COURSE CODE: GEO-H-DSC-4-09: Class Test
COURSE CODE: GEO-H-DSC-4-10: Class Test

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 SKILL ENHANCEMENT COURSE – SEC (ANY ONE)
Students will have to choose any one from the given course

COURSE CODE: GEO-SEC-A-4-02-TH Credit: 02

GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM
1. Geographical Information System (GIS): Definition and Components.
2. Global Positioning System (GPS): Principles and uses; DGPS.
3. GIS Data Structures: Types (spatial and Non-spatial), raster and vector data structure.
4. GIS Data Analysis: Input; geo-referencing; editing, output and query; overlays.
5. Application of GIS: Land use mapping; urban sprawl analysis; forests monitoring.

Reading List
1. Bhatta, B. (2010) Analysis of Urban Growth and Sprawl from Remote Sensing, Springer,
Berlin Heidelberg.41
2. Burrough, P.A., and McDonnell, R.A. (2000) Principles of Geographical Information
System-Spatial Information System and Geo-statistics. Oxford University Press
3. Heywoods, I., Cornelius, S and Carver, S. (2006) An Introduction to Geographical
Infromation system. Prentice Hall.
4. Jha, M.M. and Singh, R.B. (2008) Land Use: Reflection on Spatial Informatics Agriculture
and Development, New Delhi: Concept.
5. Nag, P. (2008) Introduction to GIS, Concept India, New Delhi.
6. Sarkar, A. (2015) Practical geography: A systematic approach. Orient Black Swan Private
Ltd., New Delhi
7. Singh, R.B. and Murai, S. (1998) Space Informatics for Sustainable Development, Oxford and
IBH, New Delhi.

COURSE CODE: GEO-SEC-A-4-02-TH Credit: 02

TOURISM MANAGEMENT
1. Concepts, Nature and Scope, Inter-relationships of tourism, recreation and leisure;
geographical parameters of tourism by Robinson.
2. Type of tourism: Nature tourism, Cultural tourism, Medical tourism, Pilgrimage
tourism and Ecotourism
3. Recent Trends of Tourism: International and regional; domestic (India); Meetings,
Incentives, Conventions and Exhibitions (MICE)
4. Tourism in India: Case studies of Himalaya, desert, coastal areas and heritage;
5. National Tourism Policy

Reading List:

1. Boniface, B., Cooper, R., Cooper, C. 2016. Worldwide Destinations: The Geography of
Travel and Tourism, vol. 1, 7th ed, Routledge.
2. Edgell, D.L., Swanson, J. 2013. Tourism Policy and Planning: Yesterday, Today, and
Tomorrow, Routledge.

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3. Fennell, D.A.2014. Ecotourism, 4th ed, Routledge.
4. Hall, C.M., Lew, A.A. 2009. Understanding and Managing Tourism Impacts: An Integrated
Approach, Routledge.
5. Hall, C.M., Page, S.J. 2014.The Geography of Tourism and Recreation: Environment, Place
and Space 4th ed, Routledge.
6. Honey, M. 2008. Ecotourism and Sustainable Development, Second Edition: Who Owns
Paradise? 2nd ed, Island Press.
7. Kale, V.S. (Ed) 2017. Geomorphology of India, Indian Institute of Geomorphologists.
8. Lew, A., Hall, C.M., Timothy, D.J. 2008. World Geography of Travel and Tourism: A
Regional Approach, Butterworth-Heinemann.
9. Mason, P. 2017. Geography of Tourism: Image, Impacts and Issues, Good fellow Publishers.
10. Mowforth, M., Munt, I. 2015. Tourism and Sustainability: Development, globalisation and
new tourism in the Third World, 4th ed, Routledge.
11. Var, T., Gunn, C. Tourism Planning: Basics, Concepts, Cases, 4th ed, Routledge.
12. Velvet, N. 2017. An Introduction to the Geography of Tourism, 2nd ed, Rowman& Littlefield
Publishers.
13. Williams, S., Lew, A.A. 2014. Tourism Geography: Critical Understandings of Place, Space
and Experience, 3rd ed, Routledge.
14. Wilson, J. 2017. The Routledge Handbook of Tourism Geographies, Routledge.

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 FIFTH SEMESTER
GEOGRPHY
HONOURS COURSE
DISCIPLINE SPECIFIC CORE COURSE -DSC

COURSE CODE: GEO-H-DSC-5-11-THCredit: 04

ENVIRONMENTAL GEOGRAPHY
1. Environmental Geography: Concept and scope; components of environment (physical
and socio-cultural)
2. Human-environment relationships: Historical progression, adaptation in different
biomes.
3. Ecosystem: Concept, structure and functions and problems in tropical and temperate
ecosystems
4. Environmental programmes and policies: Global, national and regional levels

COURSE CODE: GEO-H-DSC-5-11-PR Credit: 02

PRACTICALS
1. Preparation of questionnaire for perception survey on environmental problems.
2. Project on environmental problems of North Bengal.

Project Report:
1. Each student will prepare an individual report based on primary and secondary data
2. The word count of the report should be about 4000 to 6000 excluding figures, tables,
photographs, maps, references and appendices
3. One typed copy of the report on A4 size paper should be submitted in soft binding.

Reading List
1. Chandna R. C., 2002: Environmental Geography, Kalyani, Ludhiana.
2. Cunninghum W. P. and Cunninghum M. A., 2004: Principals of Environmental Science: Inquiry
and Applications, Tata Macgraw Hill, New Delhi.
3. Goudie A., 2001: The Nature of the Environment, Blackwell, Oxford.
4. Singh, R.B. (Eds.) (2009) Biogeography and Biodiversity. Rawat Publication, Jaipur
5. Miller G. T., 2004: Environmental Science: Working with the Earth, Thomson BrooksCole,
Singapore.
6. MoEF, 2006: National Environmental Policy-2006, Ministry of Environment and Forests,
Government of India.
7. Singh, R.B. and Hietala, R. (Eds.) (2014) Livelihood security in North western Himalaya: Case
studies from changing socio-economic environments in Himachal Pradesh, India. Advances in
Geographical and Environmental Studies, Springer
8. Odum, E. P. et al, 2005: Fundamentals of Ecology, Ceneage Learning India.
9. Singh S., 1997: Environmental Geography, PrayagPustakBhawan. Allahabad.
10. UNEP, 2007: Global Environment Outlook: GEO4: Environment For Development, United
Nations Environment Programme.
11. Singh, M., Singh, R.B. and Hassan, M.I. (Eds.) (2014) Climate change and biodiversity:
Proceedings of IGU Rohtak Conference, Volume 1. Advances in Geographical and
Environmental Studies, Springer

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12. Singh, R.B. (1998) Ecological Techniques and Approaches to Vulnerable Environment, New
Delhi, Oxford &IBH Pub..

COURSE CODE: GEO-H-DSC-5-12-TH Credit: 04

REMOTE SENSING AND GIS
1. Remote Sensing and GIS: Definition and components, development, platforms and
types;
2. Aerial Photography and Satellite Remote Sensing: principles, types and geometry of
aerial photograph; principles of remote sensing, EMR interaction with atmosphere
and earth surface; satellites (Landsat and IRS) and sensors.
3. GIS Data Structures: Types (spatial and Non-spatial), raster and vector data structure
4. Interpretation and application of Remote Sensing and GIS: Land use/Land Cover;
urban sprawl analysis; forests monitoring

COURSE CODE: GEO-H-DSC-5-12-PR Credit: 02

PRACTICALS
1. Air photo interpretation (using pocket stereoscope); and satellite imagery
interpretation;
2. Image Processing (Digital & Manual), Classification (Supervised & Unsupervised);
Georeferencing, Editing and Output,Overlays.

Practical Record
A project file consisting of two exercises will be done from aerial photos and satellite images (scale,
orientation and interpretation) and 3 exercises using any of the following software: Map Info/Global
Mapper/QGIS/ERDAS

Reading List
1. Campbell J. B., 2007: Introduction to Remote Sensing, Guildford Press.
2. Jensen J. R., 2004: Introductory Digital Image Processing: A Remote Sensing Perspective,
Prentice Hall.
3. Joseph, G. 2005: Fundamentals of Remote Sensing, United Press India.
4. Lillesand T. M., Kiefer R. W. and Chipman J. W., 2004: Remote Sensing and Image
Interpretation, Wiley. (Wiley Student Edition).
5. Nag P. and Kudra, M., 1998: Digital Remote Sensing, Concept, New Delhi.
6. Rees W. G., 2001: Physical Principles of Remote Sensing, Cambridge University Press.
7. Singh R. B. and Murai S., 1998: Space-informatics for Sustainable Development, Oxford and
IBH Pub.
8. Wolf P. R. and Dewitt B. A., 2000: Elements of Photogrammetry: With Applications in GIS,
McGrawHill.
9. Sarkar, A. (2015) Practical geography: A systematic approach. Orient Black Swan Private
Ltd., New Delhi

Important Note: Continuing evaluation will be as follows:

COURSE CODE: GEO-H-DSC-5-11: Seminar
COURSE CODE: GEO-H-DSC-5-12: Class Test

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 ELECTIVE DISCIPLINE SPECIFIC-DSE (ANY TWO)
(Students will have to choose any two course, from Population Geography or Resource Geography
and Urban Geography or Agricultural Geography)

COURSE CODE: GEO-H-DSE-5-01-TH Credit: 04

POPULATION GEOGRAPHY (THEORY)
1. Defining the field: Nature and Scope; Sources of data with special reference to India
(Census, Vital Statistics and NSSO).
2. Population size, distribution and growth: Determinants and patterns; Theories of
growth; Malthusian Theory and Demographic Transition Theory.
3. Population dynamics: Fertility, mortality and migration; measures, determinants and
implications.
4. Population composition and characteristics: age-sex composition; rural and urban
composition; literacy; contemporary issues: ageing of population; declining sex ratio,
HIV/AIDS

COURSE CODE:GEO-H-DSE-5-01-PR Credit: 02

POPULATION GEOGRAPHY (PRACTICAL)
1. Population projection by arithmetic method; Population density mapping for India;
2. Analysis of work participation rate: Total and gender-wise for India; Analysis of
occupation structure by dominant and distinctive functions for West Bengal

Reading List
1. Barrett H. R., 1995: Population Geography, Oliver and Boyd.
2. Bhende A. and Kanitkar T., 2000: Principles of Population Studies, Himalaya Publishing
House.
3. Chandna R. C. and Sidhu M. S., 1980: An Introduction to Population Geography, Kalyani
Publishers.
4. Clarke J. I., 1965: Population Geography, Pergamon Press, Oxford.
5. Jones, H. R., 2000: Population Geography, 3rd ed. Paul Chapman, London.
6. Lutz W., Warren C. S. and Scherbov S., 2004: The End of the World Population Growth in the
21st Century, Earthscan
7. Newbold K. B., 2009: Population Geography: Tools and Issues, Rowman and Littlefield
Publishers.
8. Pacione M., 1986: Population Geography: Progress and Prospect, Taylor and Francis.
9. Wilson M. G. A., 1968: Population Geography, Nelson.

COURSE CODE: GEO-H-DSE-5-01-TH Credit: 04

RESOURCE GEOGRAPHY (THEORY)
1. Natural Resource: Concept, classification and techniques
2. Distribution, utilisation, problems and management of land resources and water
resources
3. Distribution, utilisation, problems and management of forests and energy resources
4. Appraisal and conservation of natural resources, sustainable resource development

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COURSE CODE: GEO-H-DSE-5-01-PR Credit: 02
RESOURCE GEOGRAPHY (PRACTICAL)
1. Mapping of landuse/land cover
2. Computing Human Development Index: comparative decadal change of top five
Indian states

Reading List
1. Cutter S. N., Renwich H. L. and Renwick W., 1991: Exploitation, Conservation,
Preservation: A Geographical Perspective on Natural Resources Use, John Wiley and Sons
Gadgil M. and Guha R., 2005: The Use and Abuse of Nature: Incorporating This Fissured
Land: An Ecological History of India and Ecology and Equity, Oxford University Press.
USA.
2. Holechek J. L. C., Richard A., Fisher J. T. and Valdez R., 2003: Natural Resources:
Ecology, Economics and Policy, Prentice Hall, New Jersey.
3. Jones G. and Hollier G., 1997: Resources, Society and Environmental Management, Paul
Chapman, London.
4. Klee G., 1991: Conservation of Natural Resources, Prentice Hall, Englewood.
5. Mather A. S. and Chapman K., 1995: Environmental Resources, John Wiley and Sons, New
York.
6. Mitchell B., 1997: Resource and Environmental Management, Longman Harlow, England.
7. Owen S. and Owen P. L., 1991: Environment, Resources and Conservation, Cambridge
University Press, New York.
8. Rees J., 1990: Natural Resources: Allocation, Economics and Policy, Routledge, London.

COURSE CODE: GEO-H-DSE-5-02-TH Credit: 04

URBAN GEOGRAPHY (THEORY)
1. Urban geography: Introduction, nature and scope
2. Patterns of urbanisation in developed and developing countries
3. Functional classification of cities: quantitative and qualitative methods
4. Urban Issues: problems of housing, slums, civic amenities (water and transport), Case
studies of urban centres in North Bengal with reference to land use and urban
problems

COURSE CODE: GEO-H-DSE-5-02-PR Credit: 02

URBAN GEOGRAPHY (PRACTICAL)
1. Hierarchy of urban settlements: Rank-size rule
2. State-wise variation and trends of urbanisation; Temporal analysis of urban growth
using Census data of India

Reading List
1. Fyfe N. R. and Kenny J. T., 2005: The Urban Geography Reader, Routledge.
2. Graham S. and Marvin S., 2001: Splintering Urbanism: Networked Infrastructures,
Technological Mobilities and the Urban Condition, Routledge.
3. Hall T., 2006: Urban Geography, Taylor and Francis.
4. Kaplan D. H., Wheeler J. O. and Holloway S. R., 2008: Urban Geography, John Wiley.

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 5. Knox P. L. and McCarthy L., 2005: Urbanization: An Introduction to Urban Geography,
Pearson Prentice Hall New York.
6. Knox P. L. and Pinch S., 2006: Urban Social Geography: An Introduction, Prentice-Hall.
7. Pacione M., 2009: Urban Geography: A Global Perspective, Taylor and Francis.
8. Ramachandran R (1989): Urbanisation and Urban Systems of India, Oxford University Press,
New Delhi
9. Ramachandran, R., 1992: The Study of Urbanisation, Oxford University Press, Delhi
10. Singh, R.B. (Eds.) (2001) Urban Sustainability in the Context of Global Change, Science
Pub., Inc., Enfield (NH), USA and Oxford & IBH Pub., New Delhi.
11. Singh, R.B. (Ed.) (2015) Urban development, challenges, risks and resilience in Asian
megacities. Advances in Geographical and Environmental Studies, Springer

COURSE CODE: GEO-H-DSE-5-02-TH Credit: 04

AGRICULTURAL GEOGRAPHY (THEORY)
1. Defining the field: Introduction, nature and scope; Land use/ land cover definition and
classification.
2. Determinants of Agriculture: Physical, technological and institutional
3. Agricultural Regions of India: Agro-climatic, Agro-ecological & Crop Combination
Regions.
4. Agricultural Systems of the world (Whittlesey’s classification) and Agricultural land
use model (Von Thunen’s modification and relevance), Agricultural revolutions in
India: Green, White, Blue, Pink

COURSE CODE: GEO-H-DSE-5-02-PR Credit: 02

AGRICULTURAL GEOGRAPHY (PRACTICAL)
1. Measurement of agricultural efficiency (Bhatia, Martin-Gibbs methods)
2. Measurement of cropping intensity (ICAR)

Reading List
1. Basu, D.N., and Guha, G.S., 1996: Agro-Climatic Regional Planning in India, Vol.I& II,
Concept Publication, New Delhi.
2. Bryant, C.R., Johnston, T.R, 1992: Agriculture in the City Countryside, Belhaven Press,
London.
3. Burger, A., 1994: Agriculture of the World, Aldershot, Avebury.
4. Grigg, D.B., 1984: Introduction to Agricultural Geography, Hutchinson, London.
5. Ilbery B. W., 1985: Agricultural Geography: A Social and Economic Analysis, Oxford
University Press.
6. Mohammad, N., 1992: New Dimension in Agriculture Geography, Vol. I to VIII, Concept
Pub., New Delhi.
7. Roling, N.G., and Wageruters, M.A.E.,(ed.) 1998: Facilitating Sustainable Agriculture,
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
8. Shafi, M., 2006: Agricultural Geography, Doring Kindersley India Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi
9. Singh, J., and Dhillon, S.S., 1984: Agricultural Geography, Tata McGraw Hill, New Delhi.
10. Tarrant J. R., 1973: Agricultural Geography, David and Charles, Devon.

Important Note: Continuing evaluation for all Discipline Specific Elective will be Seminar

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 SIXTH SEMESTER
GEOGRPHY
HONOURS COURSE
DISCIPLINE SPECIFIC CORE COURSE -DSC

COURSE CODE: GEO-H-DSC-6-13-THCredit: 04

EVOLUTION OF GEOGRAPHICAL THOUGHTS
1. Development of geographical thought: Pre-modern,early origins of geographical
thinking with reference to the classical and medieval periods;
2. Modern:evolution of geographical thinking and disciplinary trends in Germany,
France, Britain, United States of America.
3. Debates: Environmental Determinism and Possibilism, Systematic and Regional
4. Trends: Quantitative Revolution and its impact, Behaviouralism, Feminism; towards
Post Modernism;changing concept of space in Geography, future of Geography.

COURSE CODE: GEO-H-DSC-6-13-PRCredit: 02

PRACTICALS
1. Quantitative techniques in geography: Chi square, standard score, ranking coefficient
by Kendall
2. Crop combination by Weber, Rafiulla and Doi

Practical Record: A project file covering all practical topics must be prepared.

Reading List
1. Arentsen M., Stam R. and Thuijis R., 2000: Post-modern Approaches to Space, ebook.
2. Bhat, L.S. (2009) Geography in India (Selected Themes). Pearson
3. Bonnett A., 2008: What is Geography? Sage.
4. Dikshit R. D., 1997: Geographical Thought: A Contextual History of Ideas, Prentice– Hall
India.
5. Hartshone R., 1959: Perspectives of Nature of Geography, Rand MacNally and Co.
6. Holt-Jensen A., 2011: Geography: History and Its Concepts: A Students Guide, SAGE.
7. Johnston R. J., (Ed.): Dictionary of Human Geography, Routledge.
8. Johnston R. J., 1997: Geography and Geographers, Anglo-American Human Geography
since 1945, Arnold, London.
9. Kapur A., 2001: Indian Geography Voice of Concern, Concept Publications.
10. Martin Geoffrey J., 2005: All Possible Worlds: A History of Geographical Ideas, Oxford.
11. Soja, Edward 1989. Post-modern Geographies, Verso, London. Reprinted 1997: Rawat Publ.,
Jaipur and New Delhi.

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COURSE CODE: GEO-H-DSC-6-14-TH Credit: 04
DISASTER MANAGEMENT
1. Definition, classification of hazards and disasters;
2. Approaches to hazard study: Risk perception and vulnerability assessment
3. Factors, consequences and management of earthquake, landslide, flood and riverbank
erosion
4. Human induced disaster: Fire hazard, chemical, industrial accidents.

COURSE CODE: GEO-H-DSC-6-14-PR Credit: 02

PRACTICALS
Project report based on any one field based case study from the following disaster will be
prepared:
b) Flood
c) Landslide
d) Earthquake
e) Human induced disaster

Project Report
1. Each student will prepare an individual project report based on primary and secondary data
collected from local area.
2. The word count of the report should be about 4000 to 6000 excluding figures, tables,
photographs, maps, references and appendices.
3. One typed copy of the report on A 4 size paper should be submitted in soft binding

Reading List
1. Government of India. (1997) Vulnerability Atlas of India. New Delhi, Building Materials &
Technology Promotion Council, Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India.
2. Kapur, A. (2010) Vulnerable India: A Geographical Study of Disasters, Sage Publication,
New Delhi.
3. Modh, S. (2010) Managing Natural Disaster: Hydrological, Marine and Geological
Disasters, Macmillan, Delhi.
4. Singh, R.B. (2005) Risk Assessment and Vulnerability Analysis, IGNOU, New Delhi. Chapter
1, 2 and 3
5. Singh, R. B. (ed.), (2006) Natural Hazards and Disaster Management: Vulnerability and
Mitigation, Rawat Publications, New Delhi.
6. Sinha, A. (2001). Disaster Management: Lessons Drawn and Strategies for Future, New
United Press, New Delhi.
7. Stoltman, J.P. et al. (2004) International Perspectives on Natural Disasters, Kluwer
Academic Publications. Dordrecht.
8. Singh Jagbir (2007) “Disaster Management Future Challenges and Opportunities”, 2007.
Publisher- I.K. International Pvt. Ltd. S-25,Green Park Extension, Uphaar Cinema Market,
New Delhi, India (www.ikbooks.com).

Important Note: Continuing evaluation will be as follows:

COURSE CODE: GEO-H-DSC-6-13: Seminar
COURSE CODE: GEO-H-DSC-6-14: Class Test

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 DISCIPLINE SPECIFIC ELECTIVE - DSE
(Students will have to choose any two course, from Advanced Cartography or Political Geography
and Hydrology & Oceanography or Social Geography)

COURSE CODE: GEO-H-DSE-6-03-TH Credit: 04

ADVANCED CARTOGRAPHY
1. Fundamentals of cartography: Nature, scope and history
2. Levelling: Solution of computational problems in Dumpy Level and drawing of
profiles, methods of contouring; Determination of height and distance by transit
Theodolite (accessible and inaccessible base)
3. Map Projection: Properties, advantages, limitations and derivation ofPolar Zenithal
Equal Area, Polar Zenithal Equidistant, Polar Zenithal Gnomonic; Simple Conical
Projection with two standard parallels; International Projection
4. Remote Sensing and GIS: Concept, principles and components of Remote sensing,
Techniques of digital image processing, Application of GIS

COURSE CODE: GEO-H-DSE-6-03-PR Credit: 02

ADVANCED CARTOGRAPHY (PRACTICAL)
1. Drawing of profiles and contouring by Dumpy Level; determination of height and
distance by transit Theodolite (accessible and inaccessible base)
2. Construction of Polar Zenithal Equal Area, Polar Zenithal Equidistant, Polar Zenithal
Gnomonic; Simple Conical Projection with two standard parallels; International
Projection

Reading List
1. Hinks, A. R.: Map Projections, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, 1st Edition, 1921.
2. Kellaway, George P.: Map Projections, Methuen & Co. Ltd., London, 2nd Edition, 1949.
3. Krakk Menno-Jan and Brown Allan: Web Cartography: developments and prospects, Taylor &
Francis, London, 1st Edition, 2001.
4. Mailing, D.H.: The Terminology of Map Projections, International year Book of Cartography
VIII, George Philip & Sons Ltd., London, 1st Edition, 1968.
5. Mainwaring, James: An Introduction to the study of Map Projection, McMillan & Co., NY 1960
6. Rabinson, Arthur H., Morison, Joel L., Muehrcke, Philip C., Kimerling, A. Jon and Guptill,
Stephen C.: Elements of Cartography, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., N.Y., 6th Edition, 1995.
7. Raisz Erwin,: Principles of Cartography, International Student Edition, McGraw-Hill Book Co.
Inc., Tokyo, Japan, 1st Edition, 1962.
8. Raisz, Erwin,: General Cartography, McGraw Hill Book Co., New York, 1938.
9. Richardus, Peter and Adler, Ron K.: Map Projections, North-Holland Publishing Company,
Amstardam, 1st Edition, 1972.
10. Roy, P.: An Analytical Study of Map Projections, Applied and Mathematical Geographic Studies,
Calcutta, 1st Edition, 1988.
11. Sarkar, Ashis: Practical Geography – A Systematic Approach, Orient Longman, Calcutta, 1st
Edition, 1991.
12. Sarkar, Ashis and Roy, P., 1983: Some selected Map Projection for India – their relative
efficiencies, Geographical Review of India, Kolkata, Vol. 43, No. 2.
13. Singh, R. L.: Elements of Practical Geography, Kalyani Publishers, New Delhi, 1st Edition, 1979.
14. Snyder, John P.: Flattening the Earth-Two thousand years of Map Projections, The University of
Chicago Press, Chicago, 1st Edition, 1997.

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15. Steers, J.A.: An introduction to the Study of Map Projections, University of London Press Ltd.,
London, Thirteenth Edi., 1962.

COURSE CODE: GEO-H-DSE-6-03-TH Credit: 04

POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY (THEORY)
1. Introduction: Concepts, nature and scope.
2. State, Nation and Nation State: Concept of Nation and State, Attributes of state:
frontiers, boundaries, shape, size, territory and sovereignty, concept of nation state;
geopolitics; theories (Heartland and Rimland)
3. Political Geography of resource conflicts:water sharing disputes, disputes and
conflicts related to forest rights and minerals.
4. Politics of displacement: Issues of relief, compensation and rehabilitation: with
reference to dams and Special Economic Zones

COURSE CODE: GEO-H-DSE-6-03-PR Credit: 02

POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY (PRACTICAL)
1. Preparation of spatial distribution maps of India: gender, caste, religion; Analysis of
migration data: (a) rural to urban and (b) urban to urban migration
2. Preparation for Social Impact Assessment (checklist of indices only)

Reading List
1. Agnew J., 2002: Making Political Geography, Arnold.
2. Agnew J., Mitchell K. and Toal G., 2003: A Companion to Political Geography, Blackwell.
3. Cox K. R., Low M. and Robinson J., 2008: The Sage Handbook of Political Geography, Sage
Publications.
4. Cox K., 2002: Political Geography: Territory, State and Society, Wiley-Blackwell
5. Gallaher C., et al, 2009: Key Concepts in Political Geography, Sage Publications.
6. Glassner M., 1993: Political Geography, Wiley.
7. Jones M., 2004: An Introduction to Political Geography: Space, Place and Politics, Routledg
Mathur H M and M MCernea (eds.) Development, Displacement and Resettlement – Focus on
Asian Experience, Vikas, Delhi
8. Painter J. and Jeffrey A., 2009: Political Geography, Sage Publications.
9. Taylor P. and Flint C., 2000: Political Geography, Pearson Education.
10. Verma M K (2004): Development, Displacement and Resettlement, Rawat Publications, Delhi
11. Hodder Dick, Sarah J Llyod and Keith S McLachlan (1998), Land Locked States of Africa
and Asia (vo.2), Frank Cass

COURSE CODE: GEO-H-DSE-6-04-TH Credit: 04

HYDROLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY (THEORY)
1. Hydrological Cycle: Systems approach in hydrology, human impact on the
hydrological cycle; precipitation, interception, evaporation, evapo-transpiration,
infiltration, ground-water, run off and over land flow; Hydrological input and output.
2. River Basin and problems of regional hydrology: Characteristics of river basins, basin
surface run-off, measurement of river discharge; floods and droughts.

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 3. Ocean floor topography and oceanic movements: Waves, currents and tides, ocean
salinity and temperature – distribution and determinants.
4. Coral Reefs and marine deposits and ocean resources: types and theories of origin;
biotic, mineral.

COURSE CODE: GEO-H-DSE-6-04-PR Credit: 02

HYDROLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY (PRACTICAL)
1. Morphometric analysis of any river basin from topographical map
2. Calculation of discharge by area velocity methods

Reading List
1. Andrew. D. ward and Stanley, Trimble (2004): Environmental Hydrology, 2nd edition, Lewis
Publishers, CRC Press.
2. Karanth, K.R., 1988 : Ground Water: Exploration, Assessment and Development, Tata-
McGraw Hill, New Delhi.
3. Ramaswamy, C. (1985): Review of floods in India during the past 75 years: A Perspective.
Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi.
4. Rao, K.L., 1982 : India's Water Wealth 2nd edition, Orient Longman, Delhi,.
5. Singh, Vijay P. (1995): Environmental Hydrology. Kluwar Academic Publications, The
Netherlands.
6. Garrison T., 1998: Oceanography, Wordsworth Company, Belmont.
7. Kershaw S., 2000: Oceanography: An Earth Science Perspective, Stanley Thornes, UK.
8. Pinet P. R., 2008: Invitation to Oceanography (Fifth Edition), Jones and Barlett Publishers,
USA, UK and Canada.
9. Sharma R. C. and Vatal M., 1980: Oceanography for Geographers, Chaitanya Publishing
House, Allahabad.
10. Sverdrup K. A. and Armbrust, E. V., 2008: An Introduction to the World Ocean, McGraw
Hill, Boston.
11. Singh, M., Singh, R.B. and Hassan, M.I. (Eds.) (2014) Landscape ecology and water
management. Proceedings of IGU Rohtak Conference, Volume 2. Advances in Geographical
and Environmental Studies, Springer

COURSE CODE: GEO-H-DSE-6-04-TH Credit: 04

SOCIAL GEOGRAPHY (THEORY)
1. Social Geography: concept, origin, nature and scope.
2. Peopling process of India: technology and occupational change; migration.
3. Social categories: caste, class, religion, race and gender and their spatial distribution
4. Geographies of welfare and wellbeing: concept and components – healthcare, housing
and education, social geographies of inclusion and exclusion, slums

COURSE CODE: GEO-H-DSE-6-04-PR Credit: 02

SOCIAL GEOGRAPHY (PRACTICAL)
1. Flow chart to show migration trends
2. Spatial distribution of caste, religion and gender in India using proportional circles
and proportional divided circles

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Reading List
1. Ahmed A., 1999: Social Geography, Rawat Publications.
2. Casino V. J. D., Jr., 2009) Social Geography: A Critical Introduction, Wiley
Blackwell.
3. Cater J. and Jones T., 2000: Social Geography: An Introduction to Contemporary
Issues, Hodder Arnold.
4. Holt L., 2011: Geographies of Children, Youth and Families: An International
Perspective, Taylor & Francis.
5. Panelli R., 2004: Social Geographies: From Difference to Action, Sage.
6. Rachel P., Burke M., Fuller D., Gough J., Macfarlane R. and Mowl G., 2001:
Introducing Social Geographies, Oxford University Press.
7. Smith D. M., 1977: Human geography: A Welfare Approach, Edward Arnold,
London.
8. Smith D. M., 1994: Geography and Social Justice, Blackwell, Oxford.
9. Smith S. J., Pain R., Marston S. A., Jones J. P., 2009: The SAGE Handbook of Social
Geographies, Sage Publications.
10. Sopher, David (1980): An Exploration of India, Cornell University Press, Ithasa
11. Valentine G., 2001: Social Geographies: Space and Society, Prentice Hall.

Important Note: Continuing evaluation for all Discipline Specific Elective will be Seminar

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 FIRST SEMESTER
GEOGRPHY
PROGRAMME COURSE
CORE COURSE – CC

COURSE CODE: GEO-P-CC-1-01-TH Credits: 04

PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY
1. Earth’s interior with special reference to seismology
2. Plate Tectonics as a unified theory of global tectonics. Formation of major relief
features of the ocean floor and continents according to Plate Tectonics
1. Folds and faults: Classification and surface expression
2. Principal geomorphic agents. Classification and evolution of fluvial, coastal, aeolian
and glacial landforms

Reading list
1. Billings, M.P. 1971. Structural Geology, Pearson.
2. Goudie, A.S. (Ed) 2004. Encyclopaedia of Geomorphology, vol. 1 & 2, Routledge.
3. Gregory, K.J., Lewin, J. 2014. The Basics of Geomorphology: Key Concepts, Sage.
4. Harvey, A. 2012. Introducing Geomorphology: A Guide to Landforms and Processes,
Dunedin Academic Press.
5. Kale, V.S., Gupta, A. 2001. Introduction to Geomorphology, Orient Longman.
6. Kearey, P., Klepeis, K.A., Vine, F.J. 2011. Global Tectonics, 3rd ed, Wiley-India.
7. Monkhouse, F.J. 1974. Principles of Physical Geography (2009-reprint), Platinum
Publishers.
8. Selby, M.J. 1986. Earth’s Changing Surface, Oxford University Press.
9. Strahler, A. 2016. Introducing Physical Geography, 6th ed, Wiley.
10. Summerfield, M.J. 2003. Global Geomorphology: An Introduction to the Study of landforms,
Longman.

COURSE CODE: GEO-P-CC-1-01-PR Credits: 02

PRACTICALS
1. Construction of scale; plain (linear and comparative), diagonal and vernier scale
2. Map Projection: Zenithal Gnomonic Projection (Polar Case), Cylindrical Equal Area
Projection (Equatorial Case), Simple Conical Projection with one standard parallel,
Sinusoidal Projection

Practical Record: A project file covering all practical topics must be prepared.

Reading List
1. Farndon, J. 2012. The Illustrated Guide to Rocks & Minerals, Southwater.
2. Pillent, C. 2002. Smithsonian Handbooks: Rocks & Minerals, Dorling Kindersley.
3. Sarkar, A. 2015. Practical Geography: A Systematic Approach, 3rd ed, Orient Blackswan
Private Ltd.
4. Sen, P.K. 1989. Geomorphological Analysis of Drainage Basin: An Introduction to
Morphometric and Hydrological Parameters, University of Burdwan.

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5. Sorrell, C.A. Rocks and Minerals: A Guide to Field Identification, St. Martin's Press.

Important Note: Continuing evaluation will be as follows:

COURSE CODE: GEO-P-CC-1-01-CE: Class test

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 SECOND SEMESTER
GEOGRPHY
PROGRAMME COURSE
CORE COURSE – CC

COURSE CODE: GEO-P-CC-2-02-TH Credits: 04

HUMAN GEOGRAPHY
1. Introduction: Definition, Scope and Content of Human Geography
2. Cultural Regions; Race; religion and language with reference to India
3. Population growth and distribution with special reference to India;
4. Population-Resource Relationship

COURSE CODE: GEO-P-CC-2-02-PR Credits: 02

PRACTICALS
1. Diagrammatic Data Presentation – Line, Bar and Circle;
2. Thematic Mapping Techniques: Choropleth, Proportional Circles and Proportional
Divided Circles

Practical Record: A project file covering all practical topics must be prepared.

References:
1. Aoyama, Y., Murphy, J.T., Hanson, S. 2010. Key Concepts in Economic Geography, Sage.
2. Chandna, R.C. 2016. Geography of Population: Concepts, Determinants and Patterns,
Kalyani Publishers.
3. Coe N. M., Kelly P. F. and Yeung H. W., 2007: Economic Geography: A Contemporary
Introduction, Wiley-Blackwell. Fouberg, E.H., Murphy, A.B., de Blij H.J. 2015. Human
Geography: People, Place, and Culture, 11th ed, Wiley.
4. Ghosh, S. 1998. Introduction to Settlement Geography, Sangam Books Ltd.
5. Gregory, D., Johnston, R., Pratt, G., Watts., Whatmore, S. (Eds) 2009. The Dictionary of
Human Geography, 5th ed, Wiley.
6. Knox, P.L., Marston, S.A. 2014. Human Geography: Places and Regions in Global Context,
6th ed, Pearson Education Limited.
7. Knox, P.L., McCarthy, L.M. 2011. Urbanization: An Introduction to Urban Geography, 3rd
ed, Pearson Educztuion Ltd.
8. Moseley, W.G., Perramond, E., Hapke, H.M., Laris, P. 2013. An Introduction to Human-
Environment Geography: Local Dynamics and Global Processes, Wiley-Blackwell.
9. Norton, W. 2014. Human Geography, 8th ed, Oxford University Press.

Important Note: Continuing evaluation will be as follows:

COURSE CODE: GEO-P-CC-2-02-CE: Class test

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 THIRD SEMESTER
GEOGRPHY
PROGRAMME COURSE
CORE COURSE – CC

COURSE CODE: GEO-P-CC-3-03-TH Credits: 04

REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT (THEORY)
1. Definition, types of Regional planning: Formal, Functional, and Planning regions
2. Regional Imbalances and problems of functional regions.
3. Strategies; Models for Regional Planning: Growth Pole Model of Perroux;
4. Problem Regions and Regional Planning: Backward Regions and Regional Plans-
Special Area Development Plans in India

COURSE CODE: GEO-P-CC-3-03-PR Credits: 02

PRACTICALS
1. Interpretation of Indian Topographical maps: plains and plateaus; scale 1:50000
(Broad physiography, drainage, natural vegetation, settlement, transport and
communication, simple profiles and transect chart)
2. Geological maps: Uniclinal and folded structures with given dips

Practical Record: A project file covering all practical topics must be prepared.

Reading List
1. Adell, Germán (1999) Literature Review: Theories and Models Of The Peri-Urban Interface:
A Changing Conceptual Landscape, Peri-urban Research Project Team, Development
Planning Unit, University College London at
2. Bhatt, L.S. (1976) Micro Level Planning in India. KB Publication, Delhi
3. Deshpande C. D., 1992: India: A Regional Interpretation, ICSSR, New Delhi.
4. Dreze J. and A. Sen, Indian Development: Select Regional Perspectives (Oxford: Oxford
University Press, 1996).
5. Ses, Amratya (2000) Development as Freedom. Random House, Toronto
6. Raza, M., Ed. (1988). Regional Development. Contributions to Indian Geography. New Delhi,
Heritage Publishers.
7. Rapley, John (2007) Understanding Development: Theory and Practice in the 3rd World.
Lynne Rienner, London.
8. Schmidt-Kallert, Einhard (2005) A Short Introduction to Micro-Regional Planning, Food and
Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
9. Sdyasuk Galina and P Sengupta (1967): Economic Regionalisation of India, Census of India

Important Note: Continuing evaluation will be as follows:

COURSE CODE: GEO-P-CC-3-03-CE: Project report on any rural issue

Project Report:
1. Each student will prepare an individual report based on primary and secondary data

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 2. The word count of the report should be about 4000 to 6000 excluding figures, tables,
photographs, maps, references and appendices
3. One typed copy of the report on A4 size paper should be submitted in soft binding.

SKILL ENHANCEMENT COURSE - SEC (ANY ONE)

Students will have to choose any one from the given course

COURSE CODE: GEO-SEC-A-3-01-TH Credit: 02

REMOTE SENSING
1. Remote Sensing: Definition and development; platforms and types; photogrammetry.
2. Satellite Remote Sensing: Principles, EMR Interaction with atmosphere and earth
surface; satellites (Landsat and IRS); sensors
3. Image Processing (Digital and Manual): Pre-processing (Radiometric and Geometric
Correction); Enhancement (Filtering); Classification (Supervised and Un-supervised)
4. Satellite Image Interpretation.
5. Application of Remote Sensing: Land Use/Land Cover.

Reading List
1. Bhatta , B. (2008) Remote Sensing and GIS, Oxford University Press, New Delhi.
2. Campbell J. B., 2007: Introduction to Remote Sensing, Guildford Press
3. Jensen, J. R. (2005) Introductory Digital Image Processing: A Remote Sensing Perspective,
Pearson Prentice-Hall.
4. Joseph, G. 2005: Fundamentals of Remote Sensing, United Press India.
5. Lillesand T. M., Kiefer R. W. and Chipman J. W., 2004: Remote Sensing and Image
Interpretation, Wiley. (Wiley Student Edition).
6. Li, Z., Chen, J. and Batsavias, E. (2008) Advances in Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and
Spatial Information Sciences CRC Press, Taylor and Francis, London
7. Mukherjee, S. (2004) Textbook of Environmental Remote Sensing, Macmillan, Delhi.
8. Nag P. and Kudra, M., 1998: Digital Remote Sensing, Concept, New Delhi.
9. Singh R. B. and Murai S., 1998: Space-informatics for Sustainable Development, Oxford and
IBH Pub.

COURSE CODE: GEO-SEC-A-3-01-TH Credit: 02

RURAL DEVELOPMENT
1. Rural Development: Concept, basic elements, measures of level of rural development
2. Paradigms of rural development: Gandhian approach to rural development; Lewis
model of economic development,
3. Area based approach to rural development: Drought prone area programmes, PMGSY
4. Target group approach to rural development: SJSY, MNREGA, Jan DhanYojana and
rural connectivity
5. Rural Governance: Panchayati Raj System and rural development policies and
programmes in India

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Reading list:
1. Gilg, A.W. 1985. An Introduction to Rural Geography, Edwin Arnold.
2. Krishnamurthy, J. 2000. Rural Development: Problems and Prospects, Rawat Publications.
3. Lee, D.A., Chaudhuri, D.P. (Eds) 1983. Rural Development and State, Methuen Publishing.
4. Misra, R.P., Sundaram, K.V. (Eds) 1979. Rural Area Development: Perspectives and
Approaches, Sterling Publishers.
5. Misra, R.P. (Ed.) 1985. Rural Development: Capitalist and Socialist Paths, Vol-1, Concept
Publishing.
6. Ramachandran, H., Guimaraes, J.P.C. 1991. Integrated Rural Development in Asia: Leaning
from Recent Experience, Concept Publishing.
7. Robb, P. (Ed.) 1983. Rural South Asia: Linkages, Change and Development, Curzon Press.
8. Singh, K., Shishodia, A. 2016. Rural Development: Principles, Policies, and Management, 4th
ed, Sage.
9. Wanmali, S. 1992. Rural Infrastructure, the Settlement System and Development of the
Regional Economy in Southern India, International Food Policy Research Institute.
10. Yugandhar, B.N., Mukherjee, N.(Eds) 1991. Studies in Village India: Issues in Rural
Development, Concept Publishing.

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 FOURTH SEMESTER
GEOGRPHY
PROGRAMME COURSE
CORE COURSE – CC

COURSE CODE: GEO-P-CC-4-04-TH Credits: 04

SPATIAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
1. Introduction: definitions, concept and historical development
2. Spatial Information/Data: Web data sources; registration and projection; data
structures; data interpolation and modelling.
3. Functions of Spatial information system: Information retrieval; Topological
modelling; networks; overlay; data output.
4. Application of Spatial Information Technology

COURSE CODE: GEO-P-CC-4-04-PR Credits: 02

PRACTICALS
1. Identification of broad physical and cultural features from aerial photographs using
pocket stereoscope
2. Statistical techniques: Measures of central tendency and measures of dispersion

Practical Record: A project file covering all practical topics must be prepared.

Reading List
1. C. Esperança and H. Samet, An overview of the SAND spatial database system, to appear in
Communications of the ACM, 1997.
http://www.cs.umd.edu/~hjs/pubs/sandprog.ps.gz
2. G. Hjaltason and H. Samet, Ranking in Spatial Databases in Advances in Spatial Databases
—4th Symposium, SSD’95, M. J. Egenhofer and J. R. Herring, Eds., Lecture Notes in
Computer Science 951, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1995, 83-95.
http://www.cs.umd.edu/~hjs/pubs/incnear.ps
3. H. Samet, Spatial Data Structures in Modern Database Systems: The Object Model,
Interoperability, and Beyond, W. Kim, Ed., Addison-Wesley/ACM Press, 1995, 361-385.
http://www.cs.umd.edu/~hjs/pubs/kim.ps
4. H. Samet, Applications of Spatial Data Structures: Computer Graphics, Image Processing,
and GIS, Addison-Wesley, Reading, MA, 1990. ISBN 0-201- 50300-0.
5. H. Samet, The Design and Analysis of Spatial Data Structures, Addison-Wesley, Reading,
MA, 1990. ISBN 0-201-50255-0.
6. H. Samet and W. G. Aref, Spatial Data Models and Query Processing in Modern Database
Systems: The Object Model, Interoperability, and Beyond, W. Kim, Ed., Addison-Wesley/ACM
Press, 1995, 338-360. http://www.cs.umd.edu/~hjs/pubs/kim2.ps
7. C. D. Tomlin, Geographic Information Systems and Cartographic Modeling, Prentice-Hall,
Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1990. ISBN 0-13-350927-3.

COURSE CODE: GEO-P-CC-4-04-CE: Seminar

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 SKILL ENHANCEMENT COURSE – SEC (ANY ONE)
Students will have to choose any one from the given course

COURSE CODE: GEO-SEC-A-4-02-TH Credit: 02

GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM
1. Geographical Information System (GIS): Definition and Components.
2. Global Positioning System (GPS): Principles and uses; DGPS.
3. GIS Data Structures: Types (spatial and Non-spatial), raster and vector data structure.
4. GIS Data Analysis: Input; geo-referencing; editing, output and query; overlays.
5. Application of GIS: Land use mapping; urban sprawl analysis; forests monitoring.

Reading List
1. Bhatta, B. (2010) Analysis of Urban Growth and Sprawl from Remote Sensing, Springer,
Berlin Heidelberg.41
2. Burrough, P.A., and McDonnell, R.A. (2000) Principles of Geographical Information
System-Spatial Information System and Geo-statistics. Oxford University Press
3. Heywoods, I., Cornelius, S and Carver, S. (2006) An Introduction to Geographical
Infromation system. Prentice Hall.
4. Jha, M.M. and Singh, R.B. (2008) Land Use: Reflection on Spatial Informatics Agriculture
and Development, New Delhi: Concept.
5. Nag, P. (2008) Introduction to GIS, Concept India, New Delhi.
6. Sarkar, A. (2015) Practical geography: A systematic approach. Orient Black Swan Private
Ltd., New Delhi
7. Singh, R.B. and Murai, S. (1998) Space Informatics for Sustainable Development, Oxford and
IBH, New Delhi.

COURSE CODE: GEO-SEC-A-4-02-TH Credit: 02

TOURISM MANAGEMENT
1. Concepts, Nature and Scope, Inter-relationships of tourism, recreation and leisure;
geographical parameters of tourism by Robinson.
2. Type of tourism: Nature tourism, cultural tourism, medical tourism, pilgrimage
tourism and ecotourism
3. Recent Trends of Tourism: International and regional; domestic (India); Meetings,
Incentives, Conventions and Exhibitions (MICE)
4. Tourism in India: Case studies of Himalaya, desert, coastal areas and heritage;
5. National Tourism Policy

Reading List:

1. Boniface, B., Cooper, R., Cooper, C. 2016. Worldwide Destinations: The Geography of
Travel and Tourism, vol. 1, 7th ed, Routledge.
2. Edgell, D.L., Swanson, J. 2013. Tourism Policy and Planning: Yesterday, Today, and
Tomorrow, Routledge.
3. Fennell, D.A.2014. Ecotourism, 4th ed, Routledge.

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4. Hall, C.M., Lew, A.A. 2009. Understanding and Managing Tourism Impacts: An Integrated
Approach, Routledge.
5. Hall, C.M., Page, S.J. 2014.The Geography of Tourism and Recreation: Environment, Place
and Space 4th ed, Routledge.
6. Honey, M. 2008. Ecotourism and Sustainable Development, Second Edition: Who Owns
Paradise? 2nd ed, Island Press.
7. Kale, V.S. (Ed) 2017. Geomorphology of India, Indian Institute of Geomorphologists.
8. Lew, A., Hall, C.M., Timothy, D.J. 2008. World Geography of Travel and Tourism: A
Regional Approach, Butterworth-Heinemann.
9. Mason, P. 2017. Geography of Tourism: Image, Impacts and Issues, Good fellow Publishers.
10. Mowforth, M., Munt, I. 2015. Tourism and Sustainability: Development, globalisation and
new tourism in the Third World, 4th ed, Routledge.
11. Var, T., Gunn, C. Tourism Planning: Basics, Concepts, Cases, 4th ed, Routledge.
12. Velvet, N. 2017. An Introduction to the Geography of Tourism, 2nd ed, Rowman& Littlefield
Publishers.
13. Williams, S., Lew, A.A. 2014. Tourism Geography: Critical Understandings of Place, Space
and Experience, 3rd ed, Routledge.
14. Wilson, J. 2017. The Routledge Handbook of Tourism Geographies, Routledge.

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 FIFTH SEMESTER
GEOGRPHY
DISCIPLINE SPECIFIC ELECTIVE - DSE
(Students will choose either Disaster Management or Sustainable Management)

COURSE CODE: GEO-P-DSE-5-01-TH Credits: 04

DISASTER MANAGEMENT
1. Disasters: definition and concepts: hazards, disasters; risk and vulnerability;
classification
2. Disasters in India: (a) flood: causes, impact, distribution and mapping; landslide:
causes, impact, distribution and mapping; drought: causes, impact, distribution and
mapping
3. Disasters in India: (b) earthquake and tsunami: causes, impact, distribution and
mapping; cyclone: causes, impact, distribution and mapping.
4. Response and mitigation to disasters: mitigation and preparedness, NDMA and
NIDM; Indigenous Knowledge and Community-Based Disaster Management

COURSE CODE: GEO-P-DSE-5-01-PR Credits: 02

PRACTICALS

1. Project report based on any one field based case studies among the following
disasters:
a) Flood
b) Landslide
c) Human induced disaster: fire, chemical and industrial accidents
Practical Record
1. Each student will prepare an individual report based on primary and secondary data collected
during field work.
2. The word count of the report should be about 4000 to 6000 excluding figures, tables,
photographs, maps, references and appendices.
3. One typed copy of the report on A 4 size paper should be submitted in soft binding

Reading List
1. Government of India. (1997) Vulnerability Atlas of India. New Delhi, Building Materials &
Technology Promotion Council, Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India.
2. Kapur, A. (2010) Vulnerable India: A Geographical Study of Disasters, Sage Publication,
New Delhi.
3. Modh, S. (2010) Managing Natural Disaster: Hydrological, Marine and Geological
Disasters, Macmillan, Delhi.
4. Singh, R.B. (2005) Risk Assessment and Vulnerability Analysis, IGNOU, New Delhi. Chapter
1, 2 and 3
5. Singh, R. B. (ed.), (2006) Natural Hazards and Disaster Management: Vulnerability and
Mitigation, Rawat Publications, New Delhi.
6. Sinha, A. (2001). Disaster Management: Lessons Drawn and Strategies for Future, New
United Press, New Delhi.

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 7. Stoltman, J.P. et al. (2004) International Perspectives on Natural Disasters, Kluwer
Academic Publications. Dordrecht.
8. Singh Jagbir (2007) ―Disaster Management Future Challenges and Oppurtunities‖, 2007.
Publisher- I.K. International Pvt. Ltd. S-25, Green Park Extension, Uphaar Cinema Market,
New Delhi, India (www.ikbooks.com).

COURSE CODE: GEO-P-DSE-5-01-TH Credits: 04

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
1. Sustainable Development: definition, components, limitations and historical
background.
2. The Millennium Development Goals: national strategies and international experiences
3. Inclusive Development: education, health; climate change: the role of higher
education in sustainable development; the human right to health; poverty and disease;
the challenges of universal health coverage; policies and global cooperation for
climate change
4. Sustainable Development policies and programmes: The proposal for SDGs at
Rio+20; Illustrative SDGs; goal-based development; financing for sustainable
development; principles of good governance; National Environmental Policy, CDM.

COURSE CODE: GEO-P-DSE-5-01-PR Credits: 02

PRACTICALS

1. Project report based on any one field based case study among the following:
a) Health issues in any local village
b) Education status in any local village

Practical Record
1. Each student will prepare an individual report based on primary and secondary data collected
during field work.
2. The word count of the report should be about 4000 to 6000 excluding figures, tables,
photographs, maps, references and appendices.
3. One typed copy of the report on A 4 size paper should be submitted in soft binding

Reading List
1. Agyeman, Julian, Robert D. Bullard and Bob Evans (Eds.) (2003) Just Sustainabilities:
Development in an Unequal World. London: Earthscan. (Introduction and conclusion.).
2. Ayers, Jessica and David Dodman (2010) ―Climate change adaptation and development I:
the state of the debate‖. Progress in Development Studies 10 (2): 161-168.
3. Baker, Susan (2006) Sustainable Development. Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon; New York,
N.Y.: Routledge. (Chapter 2, ―The concept of sustainable development‖).
4. Brosius, Peter (1997) ―Endangered forest, endangered people: Environmentalist
representations of indigenous knowledge‖, Human Ecology 25: 47-69.
5. Lohman, Larry (2003) ―Re-imagining the population debate‖. Corner House Briefing 28.

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6. Martínez-Alier, Joan et al (2010) ―Sustainable de-growth: Mapping the context, criticisms
and future prospects of an emergent paradigm‖ Ecological Economics 69: 1741-1747.
7. Merchant, Carolyn (Ed.) (1994) Ecology. Atlantic Highlands, N.J: Humanities Press.
(Introduction, pp 125.)
8. Osorio, Leonardo et al (2005) ―Debates on sustainable development: towards a holistic view
of reality‖. Environment, Development and Sustainability 7: 501-518.
9. Robbins, Paul (2004) Political Ecology: A Critical Introduction. Blackwell Publishing.
10. Singh, R.B. (Eds.) (2001) Urban Sustainability in the Context of Global Change, Science
Pub., Inc., Enfield (NH), USA and Oxford & IBH Pub., New Delhi.

COURSE CODE: GEO-P-GE-5-01-CE: Class test

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 SIXTH SEMESTER
GEOGRPHY
DISCIPLINE SPECIFIC ELECTIVE - DSE

(Students will choose either Climate Change: Vulnerability and Adaptation or Rural Development)

COURSE CODE: GEO-P-DSE-6-02-TH Credits: 04

CLIMATE CHANGE: VULNERABILITY AND ADAPTATION

1. Science of climate change: understanding climate change; green house gases and
global warming; global climatic assessment- IPCC
2. Climate change and vulnerability: physical vulnerability; economic vulnerability;
social vulnerability
3. impact of climate Change: Agriculture and Water; Flora and Fauna; Human Health
4. Adaptation and mitigation: global initiatives with particular reference to South Asia.

COURSE CODE: GEO-P-DSE-6-02-PR Credits: 02

PRACTICALS

1. Project report based on climate change field based case studies among any one of the
following:
a) Local level
b) National level

Practical Record
1. Each student will prepare an individual report based on primary and secondary data collected
during field work.
2. The word count of the report should be about 4000 to 6000 excluding figures, tables,
photographs, maps, references and appendices.
3. One typed copy of the report on A 4 size paper should be submitted in soft binding

Further Readings
1. IPCC. (2007) Climate Change 2007: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability. Contribution of
Working Group II to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on
Climate Change.
2. IPCC (2014) Climate Change 2014: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability. Part A: Global
and Sectoral Aspects. Contribution of Working Group II to the Fifth Assessment Report of the
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Cambridge University Press, Cambridge,
United Kingdom and New York, NY, USA.
3. IPCC (2014) Climate Change 2014: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability. Part B:
Regional Aspects. Contribution of Working Group II to the Fifth Assessment Report of the
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Cambridge University Press, Cambridge,
United Kingdom and New York, NY, USA.
4. Palutikof, J. P., van der Linden, P. J. and Hanson, C. E. (eds.), Cambridge University Press,
Cambridge, UK.

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 5. OECD. (2008) Climate Change Mitigation: What Do We Do? Organisation and Economic
Cooperation and Development.
6. UNEP. (2007) Global Environment Outlook: GEO4: Environment for Development, United
Nations Environment Programme.
7. Singh, M., Singh, R.B. and Hassan, M.I. (Eds.) (2014) Climate change and biodiversity:
Proceedings of IGU Rohtak Conference, Volume 1. Advances in Geographical and
Environmental Studies, Springer
8. Sen Roy, S. and Singh, R.B. (2002) Climate Variability, Extreme Events and Agricultural
Productivity in Mountain Regions, Oxford& IBH Pub., New Delhi.

COURSE CODE: GEO-P-DSE-6-02-TH Credits: 04

RURAL DEVELOPMENT
1. Defining Development: Inter-Dependence of Urban and Rural Sectors of the
Economy; Need for Rural Development, Gandhian Approach of Rural Development.
2. Rural Economic Base: Panchayat raj System, Agriculture and Allied Sectors,
Seasonality and Need for Expanding Non-Farm Activities, Co-operatives, PURA.
3. Area Based Approach to Rural Development: Drought Prone Area Programmes,
PMGSY.
4. Target Group Approach to Rural Development: SJSY, MNREGA, Jan DhanYojana
and Rural Connectivity.

COURSE CODE: GEO-P-DSE-6-02-PR Credits: 02

PRACTICALS

1. A case study on socio economic status of the people at any one of thefollowing level:
a) Mouza level
b) Village level
Practical Record
1. Each student will prepare an individual report based on primary and secondary data collected
during field work.
2. The word count of the report should be about 4000 to 6000 excluding figures, tables,
photographs, maps, references and appendices.
3. One typed copy of the report on A 4 size paper should be submitted in soft binding

Reading List
1. Gilg A. W., 1985: An Introduction to Rural Geography, Edwin Arnold, London.
2. Krishnamurthy, J. 2000: Rural Development - Problems and Prospects, RawatPubls., Jaipur
3. Lee D. A. and Chaudhri D. P. (eds.), 1983: Rural Development and State, Methuen, London.
4. Misra R. P. and Sundaram, K. V. (eds.), 1979: Rural Area Development: Perspectives and
Approaches, Sterling, New Delhi.
5. Misra, R. P. (ed.), 1985: Rural Development: Capitalist and Socialist Paths, Vol. 1, Concept,
New Delhi.
6. Palione M., 1984: Rural Geography, Harper and Row, London.

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7. Ramachandran H. and Guimaraes J.P.C., 1991: Integrated Rural Development in Asia –
Leaning from Recent Experience, Concept Publishing, New Delhi. 8. Robb P. (ed.), 1983:
Rural South Asia: Linkages, Change and Development, Curzon Press.
8. UNAPDI 1986:Local Level Planning and Rural Development: Alternative Strategies. (United
Nations Asian & Pacific Development Institute, Bangkok), Concept Publs. Co., New Delhi.
9. Wanmali S., 1992: Rural Infrastructure Settlement Systems and Development of the Regional
Economy in South India, International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington, D.C.
10. Yugandhar, B. N. and Mukherjee, Neela (eds.) 1991: Studies in Village India: Issues in Rural
Development, Concept Publs. Co., New Delhi.

COURSE CODE: GEO-P-GE-6-01-CE: Seminar

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CBCS SYLLABUS FOR UNDERGRADUATE
HONOURS COURSE IN GEOGRAPHY

UNIVERSITY OF NORTH BENGAL

RAJA RAMMOHUNPUR
DISTRICT: DARJILING - 734013
 B.A/B.Sc. (HONOURS COURSE)
GEOGRAPHY
DISCIPLINE CORE SPECIFIC – DSC

FIRST SEMESTER

1. Course Code: GEO-H-DSC-1-01-TH - Geotectonic

Course Code: GEO-H-DSC-1-01- PR -Practicals

2. Course Code: GEO-H-DSC-1-02-TH - Geomorphology

Course Code: GEO-H-DSC-1-02- PR - Practicals

SECOND SEMESTER

3. Course Code: GEO-H-DSC-2-03- H - Human Geography

Course Code: GEO-H-DSC-2-03-PR–Practicals

4. Course Code: GEO-H-DSC-2-04-TH - Settlement Geography

Course Code: GEO-H-DSC-2-04-PR - Practicals

THIRD SEMESTER

5. COURSE CODE: GEO-H-DSC-3-05-TH - Climatology

COURSE CODE: GEO-H-DSC-3-05-PR –Practicals

6. COURSE CODE: GEO-H-DSC-3-06-TH - Statistical Methods in Geography

COURSE CODE: GEO-H-DSC-3-06-PR –Practicals

7. COURSE CODE: GEO-H-DSC-3-07-TH - Geography of India

COURSE CODE: GEO- H-DSC-3-07-PR - Practicals

FOURTH SEMESTER

8. Course Code: GEO-H-DSC-4-08-TH - Economic Geography

Course Code: GEO-H-DSC4-08-PR –Practicals

9. Course Code: GEO-H-DSC-4-09-TH - Regional Planning and Development

Course Code: GEO-H-DSC4-09-PR -Practicals

10. Course Code: GEO-H-DSC-4-10-TH - Field Work and Research Methodology

Course Code: GEO-H-DSC-4-10-PR -Practical (Field Survey)
FIFTH SEMESTER

11. Course Code: GEO-H-DSC-5-11-TH - Environmental Geography

Course Code: GEO-H-DSC-5-11-PR -Practicals

12. Course Code: GEO-H-DSC-5-12-TH - Remote Sensing and GIS

Course Code: GEO-H-DSC-5-12-PR -Practicals

SIXTH SEMESTER

13. Course Code: GEO-H-DSC-6-13-TH - Evolution of Geographical Thoughts

Course Code: GEO-H-DSC-6-13-PR –Practicals

14. Course Code: GEO-H-DSC-6-14-TH - Disaster Management

Course Code: GEO-H-DSC-6-14-PR -Practicals

SKILL ENHANCEMENT COURSE – SEC (ANY ONE)

Students will have to choose any one from the given course

THIRD SEMESTER

1. Course Code: GEO-SEC-A-3-01-TH : Remote Sensing

2. Course Code: GEO-SEC-A-3-01-TH :Rural Development

FOURTH SEMESTER

Students will have to choose any one from the given course

1. Course Code: GEO-SEC-A-4-02-TH :Geographical Information System

2. Course Code: GEO-SEC-A-4-02-TH :Tourism Management

 DISCIPLINE SPECIFIC CORE COURSE - DSC
FIFTH SEMESTER
(Students will have to choose any two course, from Population Geography or Resource Geography and Urban
Geography or Agricultural Geography)

1. Course Code: GEO-H-DSE-5-01-TH: Population Geography

Course Code:GEO-H-DSE-5-01-PR: Population Geography

Course Code: GEO-H-DSE-5-01-TH: Resource Geography

Course Code: GEO-H-DSE-5-01-PR: Resource Geography

2. Course Code: GEO-H-DSE-5-02-TH: Urban Geography

Course Code: GEO-H-DSE-5-02-PR:Urban Geography

Course Code: GEO-H-DSE-5-02-TH: Agricultural Geography

Course Code: GEO-H-DSE-5-02-PR: Agricultural Geography

SIXTH SEMESTER
(Students will have to choose any two course, from Advanced Cartography or Political Geography and
Hydrology & Oceanography or Social Geography)

3. Course Code: GEO-H-DSE-6-03-TH:Advanced Cartography

Course Code: GEO-H-DSE-6-03-PR: Advanced Cartography

Course Code: GEO-H-DSE-6-03-TH: Political Geography

Course Code: GEO-H-DSE-6-03-PR: Political Geography

4. Course Code: GEO-H-DSE-6-04-TH: Hydrology and Oceanography

Course Code: GEO-H-DSE-6-04-PR: Hydrology and Oceanography

Course Code: GEO-H-DSE-6-04-TH: Social Geography

Course Code: GEO-H-DSE-6-04-PR: Social Geography
CBCS SYLLABUS FOR UNDERGRADUATE
PROGRAMME COURSE IN GEOGRAPHY

UNIVERSITY OF NORTH BENGAL

RAJA RAMMOHUNPUR
DISTRICT: DARJILING - 734013
 GEOGRPHY
PROGRAMME COURSE
CORE COURSE – CC
FIRST SEMESTER
1. Course Code: GEO-P-CC-1-01-TH: Physical Geography
Course Code: GEO-P-CC-1-01-PR: Practicals

SECOND SEMESTER
2. Course Code: GEO-P-CC-2-02-TH: Human Geography
Course Code: GEO-P-CC-2-02-PR: Practicals

THIRD SEMESTER
3. Course Code: GEO-P-CC-3-03-TH: Regional Development
Course Code: GEO-P-CC-3-03-PR:Practicals

FOURTH SEMESTER
4. Course Code: GEO-P-CC-4-04-TH: Spatial Information Technology
Course Code: GEO-P-CC-4-04-PR: Practicals

SKILL ENHANCEMENT COURSE - SEC (ANY ONE)

Students will have to choose any one from the given course

THIRD SEMESTER
1. Course Code: GEO-SEC-A-3-01-TH: Remote Sensing
or
Course Code: GEO-SEC-A-3-01-TH: Rural Development

FOURTH SEMESTER
2. Course Code: GEO-SEC-A-4-02-TH: Geographical Information System
or
Course Code: GEO-SEC-A-4-02-TH: Tourism Management

DISCIPLINE SPECIFIC ELECTIVE - DSE

(Students will choose either Disaster Management or Sustainable Management)

FIFTH SEMESTER
1. Course Code: GEO-P-DSE-5-01-TH: Disaster Management
Course Code: GEO-P-DSE-5-01-PR: Practicals
or
2. Course Code: GEO-P-DSE-5-01-TH: Sustainable Development
Course Code: GEO-P-DSE-5-01-PR: Practicals
SIXTH SEMESTER
(Students will choose either Climate Change: Vulnerability and Adaptation or Rural Development)

1. Course Code: GEO-P-DSE-6-02-: Climate Change: Vulnerability and Adaptation

Course Code: GEO-P-DSE-6-02-PR: Practicals
or
2. Course Code: GEO-P-DSE-6-02-TH: Rural Development
Course Code: GEO-P-DSE-6-02-PR: Practicals