UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS
B.Sc. DEGREE COURSE IN GEOGRAPHY
SEMESTER SYSTEM WITH CREDITS
(Effective from the Academic Year 2003-2004)

Semester I - Paper I - Economic Geography

Duration: 3 hrs
Maximum Marks: 100
Credits: 4

Unit I

Scope and content of economic geography - basic concepts - nature of resources

Unit II

Farming in the world - shifting - subsistance commercial and plantation farming - mixed farming - horticulture - market gardening - production and distribution of rice, wheat, sugarcane, coffee, tea, cotton and jute - major forest types and distribution, conservation of forests.

Unit III

Animal husbandary in the world - cattle - sheep and goats - dairy and wood regions of the world - fisheries - types - inland and marine location and favourable conditions for major fishing activities - problem in fishing and conservation measures.

Unit IV

World minerals mining - Iron ore - bauxite - manganese - copper - power resources coal, petroleum, natural gas, atomic minerals - major region of hydel power generation - conservation of power resources - manufacturing industries of the world - localisation factor - Iron and steel - textiles - chemicals - automobiles - ship building.

Unit V

Transport system - road - rail - air ways - water ways - major ports and airports of the world - international trade routes of the world - trade- national- international trade - modern trade development.

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