Description Economic Geography – , By – Y.K. Sharma, ISBN Code – 978-93-86241-20-7 CONTENTS : Chapters SECTION—‘A’ Economic Geography 1 Introductory Concepts Economic Geography : Methodology ofStudy and Relation with other Subjects Resource : Meaning, Definition and Classification Etc. Nature and Resources Man and Resources : Concepts Related with Resource Utilization Conservation and Management Etc. Culture and Resources Soil Resources : Conceptual Aspects Soil Resources : Economic Planning of Soils, Soil Erosion. Degradation, Environmental Pollution, Maintenance and Conservation Natural Vegetation : Conceptual Aspects of Forest Resources Lumbering (Commercial Extraction of Timber), Production and Trade of Timber and Timber Products : The World Context Forest Resources : Concepts of Grasslands, Desert Vegetation, Tundra Vegetation, Desertification, Deforestation and Need and Measures for Conservation of Forest Resources Water Resources : The Global and Indian Context Marine (Oceanic Water) Resources Mineral Resources : Basic Concepts and Methods of Conservation Metallic Minerals : Iron Ore and Ferro-Alloys-Manganese, Chromium, Nickel, Tungsten, Antimony etc. Non-Ferrous Metals 1 Copper, Aluminium, Bauxite, Zinc and Lead Economic Significance of Precious Metals : Gold, Silver and Platinum and Mineral Chemicals : Mica, Sulphur, Potash, Phosphate and Nitrates Energy (Power) : The Key Resource of Economic Development Sources of Industrial Energy (Power) Resources : Coal Economic Significance of Petroleum The Energy Crisis and Natural Gas as an Energy Resource Economic and Industrial Significance of Electricity : Hydro and Tharmal Powers Atomic Minerals and Nuclear Energy Need for the Conservation of Energy Resources and Benefits of Sustainable/Non-Exhaustible and Renewable Energy Resources Human Resource : The Most Vital Resource of Economic Development Major Economic Activities of Primary, Secondary, Tertiary and Quaternary Nature Hunting and Fishing Animal Resources : The Concepts of Commercial Dairying and Meat Agriculture 1 Conceptual, Land Use and Von Thunen’s Location Theory World Agricultural Regionalisation : Whittlesey’s Classification of Agricultural Region Subsistence Agriculture and Extensive Commercial Grain Farming Agricultural Production of Food Grains ; Wheat And Rice Agricultural Production of Beverages : Tea, Coffee. Cocoa Agricultural Industrial Crops : Cotton, Sugarcane, Sugar-Beet and Rubber Locational Factors and Theories of Location of Industries Major Industrial Regions of the World : USA, Former USSR and Japan Manufacturing Industries : Conceptual and Iron and Steel Industry Ship Building Industry Textile Industry Chemical Industry Fertilizer Industry Pulp and Paper Industry Transport : Conceptual and Modes (Means) of Transport Railroad Transport : Emphasis on Trans-continental Railways and Pipeline Transport International Sea and Air Routes Significance of Suez and Panama Canals in Intemational Trade and Inland Waterways in National Trade International Trade : Meaning Types, Theories and the changing Pattern Major Trade Organisations and Trade Blocks Their Objectives and Relations SECTION-‘ B’ Short Answer Questions SECTION-‘C’ Objective Type Questions
