URBAN GEOGRAPHY SYLLABUS, STUDY MATERIAL, PYQS & MCQS FOR UGC NET & SETS EXAMS
(A) Syllabus
(B) Study Materials
(C) PYQS
(D) MCQS
(E) Mock Test
Syllabus:
Settlement Geography
Rural Settlements (types, patterns and distribution), Contemporary Problems of Rural Settlements ( rural-urban migration; land use changes; land acquisition and transactions), Theories of Origin of Towns (Gordon Childe, Henri Pirenne, Lewis Mumford), Characteristics and Processes of Urbanization in Developed and Developing Countries (factors of urban growth, trends of urbanisation, size, structure and functions of urban areas). Urban Systems ( the law of the primate city and rank size rule) Central Place Theories (Christaller and Losch), Internal Structure of the City, Models of Urban Land Use (Burgess, Harris and Ullman , and Hoyt), Concepts of Megacities, Global Cities and Edge Cities, Changing Urban Forms (peri-urban areas, rural-urban fringe, suburban , ring and satellite towns), Social Segregation in the City, Urban Social Area Analysis, Manifestation of Poverty in the City (slums, informal sector growth, crime and social exclusion).
(B) Study Materials
URBAN GEOGRAPHY
- Concentric Zone Model by E.W Burgess
- Wedge/Sectoral Model by Homer Hoyt and M.R.Davis
- Multiple Nuclei Model by C.D Harris and E.D Ullman
(C) PYQS
Pre. asked question on Urban Land Use in NTA & CBSE UGC NET
(D) MCQS
URBAN GEOGRAPHYPYQS
SETTLEMENT GEOGRAPHY 50 MCQS
(E) Mock Test
Settlement Geography 50 MCQ Mock Test