Last Day Tips & Topics for Geography Optional – 2017 YouTube Lecture Handouts
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Major Topics
Physical Geography
- Hurricane – USA (Ordering)
- New Continent Discovery
Coral Bleaching
Why Coral Bleaching Occurs? 8 Major Causes & Human Intervention
- Thermohaline Circulation
- Climate Change – Carbon Sequestration
COP22 and Marrakesh Action Proclamation for Our Climate & Sustainable Development
Climate Awareness – Science express
Biogeographic Classification
Biogeographic Regionalization: Holdridge, Rapoport, MacArthur & Wilson, Pielou, Muller, Morrone
- Landforms – Glacial, Fluvial, Aeolian, Karst, Coastal
- Soil Classification
Zonal Classification of Soil by USDA - 12 Soils Categorized
Human & Economic Geography
- Welfare Approach
Welfare Approach: Achieving Pareto Optimality - Prespectives in Human Geography
- NBPZ – Economics - Richard Thaler – behavioral approach
Behavioral Approach: Origin, 4 Development and Critic - Perspectives in Human Geography
- Renewable Sources – Waste to Wealth, Solar, Wind
Renewable Energy in India - Targets 2022
- Dryland farming
- Theories – Weber, Thunen, Losch – Modifications and New versions
Weber՚s Industrial Location Theory & Smith՚s Concept: Fundamentals of Geography
August Losch Economic Location Theory - 2 Key Aspects -Examrace
Von Thunen Model of Agricultural Location: Fundamentals of Geography
- Regional Development – convergence and divergence
Regional Development Theories - Boudeville and Hirschman՚s Trickle Down and Polarization
5 Conceptual Basis for Regional Development Theories
Indian Geography
- Floods & Droughts –
Droughts in India - The Recent Scenario (2014 to 2017)
- Monsoons – Prediction, El-Nino, La-Nina
Indian Monsoon - Factors, Theories, Phenomena & Characteristics
- Blue Revolution – Inland Navigation
Sagar Mala Project - Closer to Success of Blue Revolution with Key MAP Locations
- Interlinking of Rivers
- Sweet Revolution
- Evergreen Revolution – Organic Farming
- Major Schemes
24 Major Government Schemes, Projects and Yojanas 2017: Summary (Current Affairs ⟋ GS)
3 Urban Mega Schemes - Smart City Mission, AMRUT & PMAY - Key MAP Locations
- SAUNI, Kalpsar Projects
Kalpsar Project - Gulf of Khambhat Development Program - Key MAP Locations
SAUNI Yojana - Boon for 11 Districts of Saurashtra Region - Key MAP Locations
- Dam Building & Impact
Changing Focus
- Less focus on direct questions
- More conceptual and applicative based
- Looking for your views and perspectives
What to Keep in Mind?
- No Incomplete Maps
- Proper Labelling
- No Distorted Maps
- Systematic & Coherent Ideas
- Case Studies (Beneficial)
- Theories (Not Compulsory)
- Time Management
- Create Liveliness (not Monotonous)
- Not reveal you are non-geography student
- Keep Quiet if Doubtful
- Silence is True Wisdom՚s Best Reply
✍ Manishika