Geography Punjab PMS Paper II Syllabus

PAPER-II Total Marks: 100
HUMAN, ECONOMIC AND REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY

HUMAN GEOGRAPHY

Man and his habitat: Concepts of Environmentalism and Possibilism, population growth, dynamics, (fertility, mortality, & migration), world society and culture, races, languages and religions, natural resources. World population, distribution, density and growth. Population structure, population change (Natural increase & migration) Migration factors (pull and push) types of migration Settlements: types of settlement, urbanization, rural urban characteristics urban hierarchy, Urban function and problems of urban places the Central Place theory.

BOOKS:

1. Rowntree, L. et. Al(2004) “Globalization and Diversity: Geography of a Changing World” New York; Prentice Hall.

2. Neuwirth, R. (2004) “Shadow Cities: A Billion Squatters, A New Urban World”, London Routledge.

3. Harper, H.L. (2003) “Environment and Society: Human Perspectives on Environmental Issues” (3rd Edition) New York; Prentice Hall.

4. Knox, P.L. & S.A. Marston (2003) “Places and Regions in Global Context: Human Geography” (3rd Edition) New York; Prentice Hall.

5. Becker, A.& Secker (2002) “ Human Geography: Culture, Society and Space” (7th Edition) New York; John Wiley and Sons.

6. De Blij, H.J. (2002) “ Human Geography: Culture, Society, and Space” (7th Edition) New York; John Wiley and Sons.

7. Lewis, C.P. Mitchell-Fox & C. Dyer (2001) “ Village, Hamlet and Field: Changing Medieval Settlements in Central England” London; Windgather Press.

8. Haggett, P. (1997) “Geography: A Modern Synthesis” London. Harper International.

ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY

Introduction: Definition, scope, approaches to study and relationship with other disciplines. Economic activities: Classification and general distribution. Production and consumption: producer and consumer, decision making, primary, secondary, tertiary, quaternary, quinary.

Historical Evolution of World Economics Systems: Medieval feudal economics, industrial revolution, economic benefits from colonialism. Modern world system. Various types of agriculture and their distribution, subsistence, primitive, gathering, hunting, herding, cultivation, intensive farming, gathering commercial grain farming, fishing, dairying, mixed farming and plantation farming. Agriculture conditions of agriculture, the physical constraints on agriculture. Land factor in agriculture, world agricultural system, problems and policies in agriculture. The role of selected commodities e.g., wheat, rice, sugarcane, cotton, etc.

Forest resources: world distribution, environmental and economic. Mineral resources, distribution of important minerals, metalliferous minerals, the non-metalliferous minerals, economic factors in mining.

Power resources, form of power, solid fuels, oil & natural gas, non-exhaustible sources of energy.

Manufacturing: light and heavy industries, locational factors and locational theories, locational analysis of selected industries, iron and steel, textile (cotton, jute, woolen, synthetic) petro-chemical, world industrial regions.

Trade and service function, tertiary activities, distribution of services service industries.

Transport and trade: significance and characteristics of transport system, network, modes of transport, specialization and international trade. Multilateral and bilateral trade, free trade areas and common markets, balance of trade, factors of trade, world pattern of trade.

BOOKS:-

1. Alexander, J.W., (1963) “Economic Geography” Prentice Hall New Jersey.

2. Alexanderson, G. (1947) “Geography of Manufacturing” Englewood Cliffs.

3. Alnwick, H. (1981) “Geography of Commodities” Haarp London.

4. Boesch, H. (1964) “A Geography of World Economy” Princeton: D. Van Nostrand.

5. Carlson A. S, (1956) “Economic Geography of Industrial Materials” Reinhold publishing Corporation New York.

6. Fryer, D.W. (1965) “World Economic Development” McGraw Hill New York.

7. Harthorn, T.A. and Alexander, J.W.(1988) “Economic Geography” Today. New Delhi. TTDD.

8. Hartshorne T.A. & Alexander J.W. (1988) “Economic Geography” Prentice Hall, Inc. Englewood Cliffs, New York.

9. Highsmith R.M. (1963) “Geography of Commodity Production” Philadelphia, Lippincott.

10.Hodder, B.W. & Dogar Lee (1974) “Economic Geography” Methuen London.

11.Jones. C.F. & Darken, (1965) “Economic Geography” Macmillan New York.

12.Khan F.K. (1997) “An introduction to Economic Geography” Sir, Syed Academy, Karachi.

13.London, C.E. (1939) “ Industrial Geography” John Murray (publishers) Ltd.

14.Norman P. (1981) “Success in Economic Geography” John Murray (publishers) Ltd.

15.Thoman, Conklin & Yeats (1988) “The Geography of Economic Activity” McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York, Inc.

16.Miller E.W. (1962) “A Geography of Manufacturing” Prentice Hall International Inc. London. 28.

17.U.N.O. Statistical Year Books. Latest Editions.29.

18.Luckas. M.R. (1991) “Economic Activity’ Longman group UK Limited. Williams. T.R. (1991)

19.Economic Geography: Longman group, New York stamp, L.D. & S Carter 31.

20.Gilmour (1960) “A Handbook of Commercial Geography” Longman London.32.

21.Howard G. Roepke (1967) “Readings in Economic Geography” John Wiley and Sons, New York. 33.

22.Rogen W.E. & N.A. Bengtson (1964) “Fundamentals of Economic Geography” Prentice Hall. 34.

23.Tomes, R.S. & R.J. Haggett (1980) “Models in Geography” Harper and Row Publishers London.

REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY

Scope, Status and the significance of the regional approach and concept in Geography SAARC Countries with special reference to Pakistan, Environmental setting: physical and climatic. Natural and cultural resources: Vegetation and agriculture, population, hydrology and irrigation, mineral and power resumes, industries (major industries e.g. Iron & Steel textile, cement, chemical, sugar) trade and communication.

BOOKS:-

1. De Blij, H.J.D. & Muller, Peter O-2003 “ Geography: Realms, Regions and Concepts” John Wiley and Sons.

2. Knox, P.I. & SA, Marston-2003 “Places and Regional in Global Context: Human Geography” Prentice and Hall.

3. Debliji, H.J.D2005 “Concepts and Regions in Geography” John Wiley.

4. James, Preston, E, 1974 “One World Divided” John Wiley and Sons.

5. James and Jones, 1965 “American Geography” Inventory and Prospects Association of American Geographers USA.

6. Davidson, A.P. Munir Ahmad (2003) “Privatization and Crisis of Agricultural Extension: The Case of Pakistan (King’s Soas Studies in Development Geography)”. Ashgate Publishing.

7. Abdul Hameed (1972) “Historical and Descriptive geography of Water development in West Pakistan: A case study of the Middle Indus Basin” San Francisco State College.

8. Jonson B.L.C. (1969) “South Asia: Selective Studies of the essential geography of India” Pakistan and Ceylon. Heinemann Educational.

9. Ahmad, K.S. (1964) “Geography of Pakistan” Oxford University Press.

10. Tayyeb, A. (1996) “A Political Geography of Pakistan” Oxford University Press.

11. Spate, O.H.K., (1984) “India and Pakistan” Munshiram Manoharlal Publications Pvt. Ltd.

12. Khan F.K. (1991) “Geography of Pakistan” Oxford University Press, Karachi.

13. Burkey, J.S.(1991) “Pakistan the continuing search for nationhood” Western Press, Oxford, UK.