Microsoft Word remote sensing-booklet doc

 
2: Human Geography   
 
Theory 
Weeks
Practical 
Scope and Status of Human 
Geography 
01 Diagrammatic 
representation 
of different branches of 
Human Geography 
Basic Concepts and Theories 
including Environmental 
Determinism, Possibilism,  
Probabilism and Cognitive 
Behaviourism 
01 
Demonstration of videos and 
slide show 
Population: Population Distribution, 
Density and Growth; Population 
Change including Migration. 
Population Composition and 
Structure.  
02 
Exercises on calculation and 
application of formulas for 
growth, projection, doubling 
time etc. Drawing of 
population pyramids and 
distribution maps 
Culture and Society, Components 
of Culture, Cultural Systems, 
Hearth, Diffusion and Cultural 
Ecology 
01 
Identification of world cultural 
regions. Video/slide show on 
the relevant themes 
Human Activities: Primary, 
Secondary and Tertiary 
(Agriculture, Mining, Forestry 
Animal Husbandry, Poultry, Light 
and Heavy Industries, Transport; 
Trade and Tourism) and their 
impacts on Environment, 
02 
Slide and video show and 
field visits to the relevant 
areas 
Natural Resources, Distribution 
and Utilization: Renewable and 
Non-renewable Resources e.g., 
Air, Land, Water, Fauna and Flora 
Fossil Fuel Metallic and Non 
metallic Minerals. 
02 
World maps showing the 
distribution of related 
features and concerned 
topics 
Energy: Generation and 
Consumption.  
01 
Identifying different sources 
and discussions  
Human Settlements: Evolution and 
Housing types, Urban and Rural 
01 
Showing and checking of 
cultural landscape on 

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HEC — RS&GIS Curricula 2005
 
 
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Contrast. topographical 
sheets 
Land Use/land Cover Pattern: 
Commercial, Industrial, agricultural 
and Residential, Open and Green 
Spaces, Transportation. 
01 
Demonstration and drawing 
of land use maps, field visit 
to recognize different land 
use patterns  
Theories of Urban Structure e.g., 
Concentric Zone Theory, Multiple 
Nuclei Theory, Sector Theory,  
02 
Drawing of different models 
and their application 
Rural Settlements, Dispersed, 
Nucleated and Ribbon Settlements.
01 
To recognize different 
patterns on large/small-scale 
maps 
City-Size, Distribution, Rank-Size 
Rule, Primate/ Binary Distribution 
01 
Reading of different census 
data and tabulation, drawing 
of log-graph to show 
different patterns