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Course Code: M-GEO-404 (v) (elective) Course Name: Urbanization in India |
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| MODULE NO / UNIT | COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE | NOTES |
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| 1 | 1. History of urbanization in India: Ancient, Medieval, Colonial and post-independence phases of urbanization. 2. Processes of urbanization: Socio-cultural, political, economic and geographical processes. 3. Patterns of urbanization: settlement structure, level of urbanization, criteria of measurement and spatial patterns of urbanization in India. 4. Recent trends of urbanization in India. |
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| 2 | 5. Urban housing. 6. Urban transport. 7. Water crisis and water management. 8. Urban sanitation. 9. Solid waste management |
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| 3 | 10. Urban poverty: measures of poverty, status, causes and policies. 11. Slums: current status, causes and policies. 12. Urban crime and delinquency. 13. Marginalization of poor in urban space. 14. Squeezing of urban social space. |
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| 4 | 15. Role of urbanization in economic and social change. 16. Urban land management: land acquisition problems and policies. 17. National urbanization policy. 18. Urban regions of India: case studies of metropolitan regions of Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai. Bangalore and Hyderabad. |
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