B.A. / B.Sc. Geography
7th Semester Syllabus
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MJC-13 : Regional Planning and Development
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Unit 1: Concept of Region, Types of Regions
◦Regional Hierarchy
◦Need for Regional Planning
Unit 2: Indicators of Development, Regional Disparity in India
◦Planning Region: Characteristics of an Ideal Planning Region
◦Regionalization: Concept and Methods of Delineation
Unit 3: Planning of Remote and Problem Regions
◦Hilly Regions
◦Tribal Region and Flood Prone Region
Unit 4: Model of Regional Planning
◦Growth Pole Model of Perroux
◦Rostow's Model
◦Concept of PIIRA
◦Public participation in regional Planning
◦Panchayati Raj System
Reference Books:
- Blij H. J. De, (1971) Geography: Regions and Concepts, John Wiley and Sons.
- Claval P.I, (1998) An Introduction to Regional Geography, Blackwell Publishers, Oxford and Massachusetts.
- Friedmann J. and Alonso W. (1975) Regional Policy - Readings in Theory and Applications, MIT Press, Massachusetts.
- Gore C. G., (1984) Regions in Question: Space, Development Theory and Regional Policy, Methuen, London.
- Gore C. G., Köhler G., Reich U-P. and Ziesemer T., (1996) Questioning Development: Essays on the Theory, Policies and Practice of Development Intervention, Metropolis- Verlag, Marburg.
- Haynes J., (2008) Development Studies, Polity Short Introduction Series.
- Johnson E. A. J., (1970) The Organization of Space in Developing Countries, MIT Press, Massachusetts.
- Peet R., (1999) Theories of Development, The Guilford Press, New York.
- UNDP (2001-04) Human Development Report, Oxford University Press, New York.
- World Bank (2001-05) World Development Report, Oxford University Press, New York.