Category Archives: Class Notes

Salient Features and Issues of Indian Urbanisation: A World Bank View

Posted on May 13, 2020 by Rashid Faridi

Here are some salient features of Indian Urbanisation While home to a minority of the population, Indian cities contribute to about 2/3 of the economic output. The population of Indian towns and cities is expected to increase from 282 million … Continue reading →

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Levelling in Surveying (Geography)

Posted on May 9, 2020 by Rashid Faridi

Levelling  is a branch of surveying, the object of which is to Find the elevation of a given point with respect to the given or assumed datum. Establish a point at a given elevation with respect to the given or assumed … Continue reading →

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Hedonic and Eudaimonic wellbeing

Posted on May 6, 2020 by Rashid Faridi

The concept of happiness is the cornerstone of the assumptions of positive psychology. Happiness is characterised by the experience of more frequent positive affective states than negative ones as well as a perception that one is progressing toward important life … Continue reading →

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The Modification of August Lösch

Posted on May 5, 2020 by Rashid Faridi

Starting in the 1930s, German geographer August Lösch began to build upon and modify Christaller’s model. He did this, in part, because he noticed that the variation in K is very important in shaping the organizations of centers and the … Continue reading →

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