Syllabus
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Course Code: M-GEO-202 (core) Course Name: Population Geography |
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| MODULE NO / UNIT | COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE | NOTES |
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| 1 | 1. Nature and scope of population geography. 2. Methodological problems in population geography. 3. Sources of population data, quality and reliability of data. 4. Problems of mapping population data. |
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| 2 | 5. Concepts, determinants and world patterns of the following attributes of population: (i) Dynamics of population: fertility, mortality, migration (including policies) and growth. (ii) Composition of population: age and sex composition, ageing of population, occupational structure and workforce. 6. Demographic dividend: linkages between population and economic development. |
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| 3 | 7. Concepts of over population, under population and optimum population. 8. Demographic transition model. 9. Population resource regions. 10. Theories of population: Malthus, Ricardo and Marx. 11. Limits to growth: concept and application. |
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| 4 | 12. Comparative study of population problems and policies of developed and less developed countries. (i) Developed world: U.S.A., Japan, Canada. (ii) Less developed world: India, China and Brazil. 13. Population problems and environmental implications. |
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