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| 1. | Perspectives in Human Geography- Areal differentiation
- Regional synthesis
- Dichotomy and dualism
- Environmentalism
- Quantitative revolution and locational analysis
- Radical, behavioural, human, and welfare approaches
- Languages, religions, and secularization
- Cultural regions of the world
- Human development index
| Lecture 1 Video and Assignment |
| 2. | Lecture 2 Video and Assignment |
| 3. | Lecture 3 Video and Assignment |
| 4. | Lecture 4 Video and Assignment |
| 5. | Economic Geography- World economic development: measurement and problems
- World resources and their distribution
- Energy crisis
- The limits to growth
- World agriculture
- Typology of agricultural regions
- Agricultural inputs and productivity
- Food and nutrition problems
- Food security
- Famine: causes, effects, and remedies
- World industries: locational patterns and problems
- Patterns of world trade
| Lecture 5 Video and Assignment |
| 6. | Lecture 6 Video and Assignment |
| 7. | Lecture 7 Video and Assignment |
| 8. | Lecture 8 Video and Assignment |
| 9. | Population and Settlement Geography- Growth and distribution of world population
- Demographic attributes
- Causes and consequences of migration
- Concepts of over-under-and optimum population
- Population theories
- World population problems and policies
- Social well-being and quality of life
- Population as social capital
- Types and patterns of rural settlements
- Environmental issues in rural settlements
- Hierarchy of urban settlements
- Urban morphology: Concepts of primate city and rank-size rule
- Functional classification of towns
- Sphere of urban influence
- Rural - urban fringe
- Satellite towns
- Problems and remedies of urbanization
- Sustainable development of cities
| Lecture 9 Video and Assignment |
| 10. | Lecture 10 Video and Assignment |
| 11. | Lecture 11 Video and Assignment |
| 12. | Lecture 12 Video and Assignment |
| 13. | Regional Planning- Concept of a region
- Types of regions and methods of regionalization
- Growth centers and growth poles Regional imbalances
- Regional development strategies
- Environmental issues in regional planning
- Planning for sustainable development
| Lecture 13 Video and Assignment |
| 14. | Lecture 14 Video and Assignment |
| 15. | Lecture 15 Video and Assignment |
| 16. | Lecture 16 Video and Assignment |
| 17. | Models, Theories, and Laws in Human Geography- Systems analysis in Human geography
- Malthusian, Marxian, and demographic transition models
- Central Place theories of Christaller and Losch
- Perroux and Boudeville
- Von Thunen՚s model of agricultural location
- Weber՚s model of industrial location
- Rostow՚s model of stages of growth
| Lecture 17 Video and Assignment |
| 18. | Lecture 18 Video and Assignment |
| 19. | Lecture 19 Video and Assignment |
| 20. | Lecture 20 Video and Assignment |
| 21. | 2020 Updates Lectures Based on New Papers- Population Sources & Errors – its Types
- Sadler՚s Law of Population
- Lotka Volterra Cycles
- Leibenstein՚s Motivational Theory of Population Growth
- Doubleday, Castro, Dumont, Gini՚s Theory of Population
- Social Segregation
- Activist Geography: Social Movements
- Henri Lefebvre – Evolution of Geographical Space
- Evolution of Space- John Agnew
| Lecture 21 Video and Assignment |
| 22. | 2020 Updates Lectures Based on New Papers- Cultural Geography – Heritage cycle
- Cultural Convergence – Assimilation, Threat, Imperialism & Hegemony
- Cultural ecology & sustainability
- Geopolitics of Climate Change
- Geopolitics of water
- Geopolitics of oil & gas
- Geopolitics of resources & rare minerals
| Lecture 22 Video and Assignment |
| 23. | 2020 Updates Lectures Based on New Papers- Stages of Geographical Thought
- Research Paradigms: Positivism, Post-positivism, Structuralism, Critical and Post-Structuralism
- Scientific Method
- Philosophical basis – Axiology, Ontology & Epistemology
| Lecture 23 Video and Assignment |
| 24. | 2020 Updates Lectures Based on Contemporary Developments (Common Lecture for Physical, Human & India Geography Course)- Agriculture – Innovation, Farm Reforms, Stubble Burning Solutions, Global Studies, Super Absorbent Polymers
- Climate Change: Vanuatu – coconut fuel, Whale, Arctic Permafrost, Mock Meat (Food and Carbon footprints) , Nauru
- Geography of Pandemics, Disease Ecology, Health and Medical Tourism in India, Biomedical Waste Management
- Fastest growing Food Industry: Seaweeds
- Biomimicry, Beaver Dam, HEP Solutions, Natel՚s Turbine: Environment
- Flooding: Bangladesh case study
- Renewable Sources of Energy: Lithium Batteries, Ethanol, Green Hydrogen (Neom, Saudi Arabia)
- Reverse Migration, Lone Eagle Cities (Work from Home)
- Climate Refugees: Environmental Migration
- Geography of Ladakh: Leh (Nyoma, Durbok, Khalsi, Karoo, Likir, Nubra) , Kargil (Dras, Zanskar, Chiktan, Sankoo)
| Lecture 2020 Updates Video and Assignment |