Page 4 :
I, TYBA, Geography Paper – VII, POPULATION AND ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY, (Section – A) Population Geography, UNIT-I, Population Geography, Concept, Definition, Nature, Scope, Importance,, Population Geography and other Social Sciences, Historical, Development in Population Geography, UNIT- II, Growth, Distribution and Density, Growth - Definition, Causes, Effects and, Remedies to control the growth of population, Distribution- Factors affecting on distribution of population in World, and India, Density – Zones of density of population in world, UNIT- III, Demographic Theories, Demographic transition theory, Malthus Theory, Karl Marx Theory, UNIT- IV, Migration, Definition, Types, Causes, effects, Recent trend of migration of population in India, UNIT- V, Population of India, Distribution of Tribes, Major Religious groups, Occupational, structure, Age structure, Population Policy of India, (Section – B) Economic Geography, UNIT-VI, Nature and Scope of Economic Geography, Definitions, Concept of Economic Regions, Relation of Economic, Geography with Economics and other branches of social sciences,, Importance of the study of Economic Geography, UNIT-VII, Economic activities, Factors of location of economic activities: physical, economic,, social and cultural, Sectors of economy: primary, secondary and

Page 5 :
II, tertiary, Major primary economic activities- Significance and world, types, UNIT-VIII, Industries, Classification of industries: Recourse based and foot loose, industries, Theories of industrial location: Weber and Losch, UNIT-IX, Transport, Trade and Trading blocks, Modes of Transport and Transport cost: Bases of spatial, interaction, Recent trend in international trade, Major trading, organizations and trading blocks: WTO, OPEC, ASEAN, SAARC,, EFTA, LAFTA, EU, G20, BRICKS etc., UNIT-X, Economic Development of India, Regional disparities in India, Globalization and Indian economy, its, impact on environment, Concept of SEZ and related issues in India.