Syllabus
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Course Code: M-GEO-303(i) (elective) Course Name: Urban Geography |
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| MODULE NO / UNIT | COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE | NOTES |
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| 1 | 1. Urban geography: concepts, nature and scope. 2. Approaches to study urbanization and urban systems 3. Origin and evolution of towns and factors of urban growth; theories of urban origins 4. The global context of urbanization: trends and pattern; cycle of urbanization. |
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| 2 | 5. Economic base of cities: concept and employment ratio. 6. Functional classification of cities: concepts and scheme of classification. 7. Rural Urban Fringe: structural characteristics and its development. 8. City and region: concepts of influence and dominance, methods of delimitation of area of influence and dominance. 9. SEZ: concept, policies and consequences.v |
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| 3 | 10. Urban morphology and land use structure: city core, commercial, industrial and residential areas. 11. Classical models of city structure: concentric zone model by E.W. Burgess, sector model by Homer Hoyt, multiple nuclei model by Harris and Ullman, 12. Modifications of the classical models: Kearsley’ modifications of Burgess model, Mann’s model of midsize British city, White’s model of the 21st century city and Vance’s urban realms model. 13. Internal structure of third world cities: Bazar model and colonial model of South Asian cities, model of South East Asian cities and model of African cities. |
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| 4 | 14. Social Area Analysis; Bases of residential segregation. 15. Diffusion theories by Bylund, Morril, Hudson and Vance. 16. Rank size rule. 17. Law of primate city. |
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