Friday, October 20, 2006

Advise on case studies

1. Population Geography
China Waugh 380-383, Carr 20-22
To cover topics related to DTM and fertility management / policies in ELDCs
Singapore Waugh 358
To cover fertility management / policies in ELDC
UK Waugh 363-4, Carr 44-45
To cover internal / Inter-regional migration as well as regional disparity in UK (under economic geog)
Turkish migrants Waugh 369-70
Labour migration
Bangladesh and Canada Waugh 377
Short case studies on Over and under population –
Brazil Waugh 347, Carr 33
Population distribution in a country and regional disparity in (under economic geog)

2. Urban Geography
General factors – a good e.g. Cambridge Carr 186-7
Burgess – Chicago Waugh 421
Hoyt – example Calgary Waugh 422
Mann – example Sunderland Waugh 423
H and U – Tokyo Waugh 424
Latin America Model – Brazilian Cities Waugh 442, Nairobi 444-5
Each model is represented by city and should be used when questions ask for examples of cities.

Urban development Corporations UK, esp. Docklands Waugh 439-441
Cover inner city issues EMDCs, urban renewal and gentrification, new industrial locations in cities (Docklands)
Los Angeles Waugh 455-457
Other urban problems including sprawl –
Milton Keynes Carr 222-3
New Towns, one of the way to manage sprawl
Calcutta and Rio Waugh 443, Carr 191, Harare Carr 183 Cairo Waugh 447
Housing problems and other problems of a ELDC city.
Singapore Waugh 450-1, Others 448-9
Solutions to housing problems


3. Economic change and development
(a) Industrial change since 1960
MNCs in EMDC – Samsung Carr 238
MNCs in ELDC – Nokia in China (notes)
Rationalisation – UK iron and steel Waugh 563-4
New industrial locations in EMDC – M1 and M4 , Waugh 566-7
Just in Time – Toyota Carr 260-2

(b) Agricultural change
The Green Revolution in Asia – India Waugh 504-5
CAP (Common Agricultural Policy) – Waugh 493-4

(c) Regional development processes and policies
Italy and China Lecture notes

4. Tourism
Bali
To cover topics like impacts of tourism, coastal/island/beach tourism, Butler’s Cycle
St Lucia
To cover topics like impacts of tourism, coastal/island/beach tourism, All Inclusive Resorts, Ecotourism
Belize Carr 472-3 + Ms Leong’s notes, Peak District Waugh 592-3
To cover topics like impacts of tourism, Ecotourism
Yosemite National Park
To cover topics like impacts of tourism, National park management, sustainable tourism

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