Week 3-4: Environmental determinism, Possibilism, Probabilism, Cognitive behaviorism and Coupled nature-human systems
This lessons will cover following topics:
- Environmental determinism
- Possibilism.
- Cognitive behaviorism and Coupled nature-human systems
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Course Material
- Week 1-2: Introduction, Definition, scope and branches and Basic approaches
- Week 3-4: Environmental determinism, Possibilism, Probabilism, Cognitive behaviorism and Coupled nature-human systems
- Week 5-6: Population and its characteristics, Population distribution, Population structure and composition and Population dynamics (fertility, mortality, migration).
- Week 7-8: Economic activities, Classification of Economic Activities, Agriculture, mining and Forestry, animal husbandry and poultry
- Week 9-10: Industries: cottage, light and heavy, Trade, transport and services, Tourism, Settlements, Theories of human settlement, Types of settlements
- Week 11-12: Rural settlements, Dispersed, nucleated and Ribbon settlements and Urban Settlements Urban hierarchy and functions Urbanization.
- Week 13-14: Process of urbanization, Urban structure, morphology and theories
- Week 15-16: Land use and land cover patterns, Environmental issues, causes and remedies.
- Chapters 8
- Department Earth Sciences
- Teacher
Taswar Abbas
