Syllabus
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Course Code: B-GEO-401 Course Name: Economic Geography |
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| MODULE NO / UNIT | COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE | NOTES |
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| 1 | 1. Nature and scope of economic geography and its relationship with economics. 2. Classification of economic activities and their impact on environment. |
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| 2 | 3. Natural resources: types, bases of classification. 4. Utilization and conservation of natural resources. |
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| 3 | 5. World distribution of food crops (rice and wheat), commercial crops (cotton and sugarcane) and
plantation crops (tea and coffee). 6. World distribution and production of coal, petroleum and natural gas, iron ore and bauxite |
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| 4 | 7. World distribution and production of iron and steel industry, textile industry, sugar industry and
automobile industry. 8. Transport, communication and trade: geographical factors in their development, major modes of water, land and air transport, recent trends in international trade. |
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