Syllabus
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Course Code: M-GEO-304 (ii) (elective) Course Name: Geography of Rural Settlements |
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| MODULE NO / UNIT | COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE | NOTES |
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| 1 | 1. Nature, scope, significance and development of settlement geography. Approaches in rural settlement geography. 2. Histogenesis of rural settlements: historical development, definition and characteristics of rural settlement, distribution of rural settlements, size and spacing of rural settlements in India. |
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| 2 | 3. Rural Settlement: types, forms and patterns. 4. Regionalization of rural settlements with special reference to India. |
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| 3 | 5. Social issues in rural settlements: Poverty, housing, health care and inequality in India. 6. Cultural landscape elements in rural settlements: House type and field pattern. |
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| 4 | 7. Environmental issues in rural settlements. 8. Rural development planning in India. |
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