Demography & Urbanization detailed Syllabus for B Planning PLAN, 2018 scheme has been taken from the VTUs official website and presented for the VTU students. For Course Code, Teaching Department, Paper Setting Board, Theory Lectures, Tutorial, Practical/Drawing, Duration in Hours, CIE Marks, Total Marks, Credits and other information do visit full semester subjects post given below. The Syllabus PDF files can also be downloaded from the official website of the university.
For all the other VTU 4th Sem Syllabus for B.Plan 2018 Scheme, do visit B.Plan 4th Sem 2018 Scheme. The detailed Syllabus for demography & urbanization is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Module 1: Study of Population
Demographic variables-fertility, mortality, migration, evolution of population study, contribution of Malthus; mortality-trends, mortality in developed and developing countries; biological and social factors and mortality gender, race, social structure, life style, social status, occupation etc; measures of mortality. Age-specific fertility rate; total fertility rate, net reproduction rate; migration-causes and consequences of population movement; reasons and types of migration trends; theories of migration and population movement; methods of measuring volumes of migration; direct and indirect measures; effect of migration of composition of population.
Module 2: Sources of data
Source of demographic data, Census of India- info available at various levels, census methodology, accessing and using census information; population structure and composition -age sex composition, sex ratio, dependency ratio, child-woman ratio; measures of age – sex structure, age – sex pyramid, population composition; marital status, cast region , literacy level, etc; life table techniques; techniques in preparing life table, abridged life table; population estimation, projection and population forecasting; basic cohorts survival model, inter regional cohorts survival model.
Module 3: World Urbanization Trends and Urbanization Patterns in India
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Module 4: Settlement System and Role of Urban Area
Settlement system, primate city, rank-size rule, central place concept, concepts of complementary area, central goods and services, range, threshold etc.; city-region relationship; structure of city regions, area of influence, dominance; rural-urban fringes; its structure, stages of growth, its role in urban growth; urbanization, industrialization and urban development; push and pull factors; migration trends and impacts on urban and rural development.
Module 5: Policies and Strategies for Directing Urbanization Trends in India
Urbanization policy, basic issues in urbanization policy; role of national and state level policies; five-year plans, latest attempts at urbanization policy formulation in the country, Impact of Urbanization on cities and towns, challenges for urban planners.
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