Syllabus

Course Code: M-GEO-203 (core)    Course Name: Regional Development and Planning with Special Reference to India

MODULE NO / UNIT COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE NOTES
1 1. Concept of regional development, regional disparities, balanced regional development
2. Region and its typology
3. Basis of regionalization in India and their characteristics.
2 4. Theories of regional development:
(i) Trickle Down Theory
(ii) Growth Pole Theory
(iii) Cumulative causation Model
(iv) Core-Periphery Theory
5. Concept of sustainable development, inclusive growth and eco-feminism
3 6. Development and regional disparities in India since Independence:
(i) Disparities in Agricultural Development
(ii) Disparities in Industrial Development.
7. Disparities in human resource development in terms of poverty, education and health
4 8. India through Planned Era with special reference to:
(i) Tribal area development plan
(ii) Hill Area development plan
(iii) Desert, drought prone and backward area development plan
9. Niti Ayog: aims and objectives
10. Urban planning in India with special reference to National Capital Region
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