Major · Geography · Semester 6 · TY BA · 4 credits · 100 marks · 60 hours
Module 1: Foundations of Economic Geography
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Definition, nature, scope and importance of economic geography.
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Approaches- Systematic, Regional, Quantitative, Behavioural and Critical.
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Branches and relationship with social sciences.
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Recent trends in Economic Geography.
Module 2: Economic Activities and Locational Theories
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Classification of Economic Activities- Primary, Secondary, Tertiary, Quaternary and Quinary activities.
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Location theories: Von Thunen’s, and Christaller’s Theory
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Industrial Locational theories: Weber’s model, and Losch Theory
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Location and classification of industries: Agro-based, Heavy, Light and High-tech.
Module 3: Transport and Trade
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Transport: Types, Characteristics, Merit and demerits
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Role of transport in shaping spatial economic structure and accessibility.
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International trade: patterns, composition and direction of global trade flows.
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Major trade blocks and economic forums: SAARC, OPEC, G-20, BRICS
Module 4: Economic Development and Regional Disparities
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Concept of growth and development
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Theories of development: Rostow’s stages and Myrdal’s Theory
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Regional disparities in Indian development: role of planning and policy reforms.
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Impact of globalization on industry and services.
Text Books
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Alexander J. W., and Gibson L. J. (1979), Economic geography. Prentice-Hall of India private limited.
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Barnes, T. J., Peck, J., Sheppard, E., and Tickell, A. (2007). Reading economic geography. Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing.
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Christaller, W. (1966). Central places in southern Germany. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice- Hall. (Original work published 1933)
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Coe, N. M., Kelly, P. F., and Yeung, H. W. C. (2020). Economic geography: A contemporary introduction (3rd ed.). Wiley-Blackwell.
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Coe, N. M., Kelly, P. F., and Yeung, H. W. C. (2020). Economic geography: A contemporary introduction (3rd ed.). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell.
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Dicken, P. (2015). Global shift: Mapping the changing contours of the world economy (7th ed.). New York, NY: Guilford Press
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Friedmann, J. (1966). Regional development policy: A case study of Venezuela. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
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Gordon, I., McCann, P., and McKinnon, D. (2019). Regional economic development. London, UK: Routledge. Government of India, Ministry of Finance. (2024). Economic survey 2023–24. Government of India. Gautam Alka. (2026). Advanced economic geography. Sharada pustak bhavan, Allahabad.
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Hussain, M. (2014). Economic geography. Rawat Publications.
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Harvey, D. (2006). Spaces of global capitalism: Towards a theory of uneven geographical development. London, UK: Verso.
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Hayter, R. (1997). The dynamics of industrial location: The factory, the firm and the production system. Chichester, UK: John Wiley and Sons.
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Hayter, R. (2018). The dynamics of industrial location: The factory, the firm and the production system (2nd ed.). Wiley.
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Hirschman, A. O. (1958). The strategy of economic development. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press.
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Knox, P. L., & McCarthy, L. (2012). Urbanization: An introduction to urban geography (3rd ed.). Pearson.
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Krugman, P. (1991). Geography and trade. MIT Press.
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Lösch, A. (1954). The economics of location. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press.
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Massey, D. (1984). Spatial divisions of labor: Social structures and the geography of production. London, UK: Macmillan.
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Myrdal, G. (1957). Economic theory and under-developed regions. London, UK: Duckworth.
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Sen, A. (1999). Development as freedom. New York, NY: Knopf.
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Sharma, T. C., & Coutinho, O. (2016). Economic and commercial geography of India. Vikas Publishing House.
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Sheppard, E., and Barnes, T. J. (2000). A companion to economic geography. Oxford, UK: Blackwell.
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Smith, D. M. (1981). Industrial location: An economic geographical analysis. New York, NY: John Wiley and Sons.
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Scott, A. J. (2006). Geography and economy. Oxford University Press
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Storper, M. (1997). The regional world: Territorial development in a global economy. New York, NY: Guilford Press.
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Todaro, M. P., and Smith, S. C. (2020). Economic development (13th ed.). New York, NY: Pearson. United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). (2023). Human development report 2023/24. UNDP.
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Wallerstein, I. (2004). World-systems analysis: An introduction. Durham, NC: Duke University Press.
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Weber, A. (1929). Theory of the location of industries (C. J. Friedrich, Trans.). Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press. (Original work published 1909) World Bank. (2023). World development report 2023: Migrants, refugees, and societies. World Bank Publications. आरे कर रिींद्र. (२००९). व्यापारी भूगोल. अथिव प्रकाशन पुिे. मगर र्जयकु मार. (१९९१). आर्थथक भूगोल. डिद्या प्रकाशन नागपूर. पाटील संर्जय आडि इतर. (२०१४). आर्थथक भूगोल. अथिव प्रकाशन पुिे. मोडक श. के . (२००७). आंतरराष्ट्रीय अथवशास्त्र. डिद्या प्रकाशन नागपूर.
