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revolution and locational analysis; Radical, behavioural, human and, welfare approaches; Languages, religions and secularisation; Cultural, regions of the world; Human development indix., , 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 nutritions problems; Food, security; famine: causes, effects and remedies; World industries: location, patterns and problems; Patterns of world trade., , 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;, Concept 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., Regional Planning : Concept of a region; Types of regions and methods of, regionalisation; Growth centres and growth poles; Regional imbalances;, Regional development strategies; Environmental issues in regional, planning; Planning for sustainable development., , Models, Theories and Laws in Human Geography : System 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; Ostov’s model of stages of growth. Heart-land and, Rimland theories; Laws of international boundaries and frontiers., , PAPER II, , GEOGRAPHY OF INDIA, , 1. Physical Setting : Space relationship of India with neighbouring countries;, Structure and relief; Drainage system and watersheds; Physiographic, regions; Mechanism of Indian monsoons and rainfall patterns; Tropical, cyclones and western disturbances; Floods and droughts; Climatic regions;, Natural vegetation, Soil types and their distributions., , Resources : Land, surface and ground water, energy, minerals, biotic and, marine resources, Forest and wild life resources and their conservation;, Energy crisis., , Agriculture : Infrastructure: irrigation, seeds, fertilizers, power;, Institutional factors; land holdings, land tenure and land reforms;, Cropping pattern, agricultural productivity, agricultural intensity, crop, combination, land capability; Agro and social-forestry; Green revolution, and its socio-economic and ecological implications; Significance of dry