Models in Geography

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Models in geography aims at presenting the important models and theories in human geography at one place in a concise and cogent manner. These include System Analysis, Malthusian, Marxian and Demographic Transitional Models, Central Place Theory of Christaller and Losch, von Thunen Model of Agricultural Land Use. Weber’s Theory of Industrial Location, Rostow’s Stages of growth, heartland and Rimland Theories, and Laws of International Boundaries and Frontiers. Besides, the Limits to growth, and Laws of Migration have also been examined. A full chapter has been devoted to types and patterns of rural settlements, primate city, rank-size rule and models of urban land. Documented with the latest data, maps and diagrams, one chapter has been written on climatic change. It is hoped that the book will be of immense help to the students and teachers alike. This will also be useful for those preparing for various competitive examinations.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Majid Husain

Majid Husain is Professor of Geography, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. Having a high degree of commitment to teaching and research, Dr. Husain has an unparallel ability of simplifying the difficult concepts of geography and capacity to analyze the enormous facts in a cogent manner. Dr Husains’s books, particularly Evolution of Geographical Thought, Human Geography and Systematic Agricultural Geography, are widely acclaimed and accepted as text and reference books both in India and abroad.

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Title
Models in Geography
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Edition
1st ed.
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ISBN
8131601358
Length
xviii+346p., Figures; Maps; References; Appendices; Index; 25cm.
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