Course Code Course Title Credit Hours

GETh 401 Geomorphology-II 3

GETh 402 Climatology-II 3

GETh 403 Political Geography 3

GETh 404 Urban Geography 3

GETh 405 Agricultural Geography 3

GETh 406 Environmental Management 3

GETh 407 Regional Geography and Environment of South Asia 3

GETh 408 Transport Geography 3

GETh 409 Landuse Planning and Development 3

GELb 410 GIS –III: Spatial Analysis and Modeling 2

GELb 411 Remote Sensing –III: Thermal and Microwave Remote Sensing 2

GELb 412 Techniques in Physical Geography 2

GELb 413 Environmental Analysis 2

GELb 414 Landuse Survey 3

GEV 415 Viva 2

GETh 401: Geomorphology-II

1. Geomorphological Processes: Erosional process; Transportational Process; Deposition/

Sedimentation/Siltation process

2. Development of Slope; Mass Movements, Landslides; Transportation of Eroded

Materials

2. The Humid Geomorphic Environment:

    2.1 Running Water and Streams: Origin & Evolution of rill, gullies, streams,
    2.2 Steam Channel: Classification; Characteristics; Drainage Patterns & Channel Patterns
    2.2 Process of Valley Development; Hydraulic geometry, longitudinal and cross profile.
    2.3 Stream Processes; Erosion, – Erosional Features, Transportation, Sedimentation and Deposition; –
Depositional Features, Characteristics
    2.4. Stream flow: Laminar Flow, Turbulent Flow: Steam Velocity, Discharge
    2.5. Floods; Definition; causes, types, discharge measurements, velocity, flow, hydrograph,
consequence, Flood Control, Flood Management
    2.6 Flood Plain: Morphology, Ecology, Wetland, Floodplain Management

3. The Arid and Semi-Arid Geomorphic Environment

    3.1 Environmental Characteristics; Desert Environment; Semi-Arid Environments
    3.2 Fluvial Process in Arid /semi-arid Environment; Pediments and Pediplains
    3.3 Wind and Aeolian Land Forms: Erosional; Depositional

4. The Glacial and Periglacial Geomorphic Environments: Process and Products; Erosional Features;
Depositional Features

5. Karst Topography: Conditions for Karst Development; Karst Features

6. The Marine and Coastal Geomorphic Environment: Coast: Definition, Delineation, Major
environmental gradients and characteristics
    6.1 Coastal Classification: Open coast, closed coast, Rocky coast, muddy coast and Sandy coast
    6.2. Coastal Geomorphic Processes and Products; Waves, Tides, Winds, Ocean current
    6.3 Coastal Landform: Erosional Features; Depositional Features
    6.4. Coastal Sediments: Basic Concept of Sediment transport, Sediment sources, sizes, distribution
    6.5 Deltas: Types, Formation and Structures

7 Palaeo-Geomorphology:
    7.1 Geochronology: Lithostratigraphy, Biostratigraphy (pollen and diatom analysis) and
Chronostratigraphy (c14 dating, dentrochronology)
    7.2 Past-Geomorphological Environments: Process and Products; Palaeo-Climatology:

8 Models in Geomorphology

9 Applied Geomorphology; Geomorphology and Agriculture; Geomorphology and Industry;

Geomorphology and Urbanization; Geomorphology and Transport

Suggested Readings

 Thornbury, W. D. Principles of Geomorphology

 Sharma, V. K., Geomorphology: Earth Surface, Process and Forms

 Small, R. J., The Study of Landforms

 Sparks, B. W., Geomorphology

 Leopold, W. and Miller., Fluvial Process in Geomorphology

 J. Pathick A. Introduction to Coastal Geomorphology 1986

 MS Islam Sea-Level Changes of Bangladesh: Last Ten Thousand Years, 2001

GETh 402: Climatology – II

1. Earth’s Climate:
1.1 Defining Climate1.2 The Koeppen System: Tropical Climates (Tropical Wet (Af), Monsoon
(Am), Tropical Wet and Dry (Aw); Dry Climates; Subtropical Deserts (BWh) – Subtropical Steppe
(BSh), Midlatitude Deserts (BWk), Midlatitude Steppe (BSk); Mild Midlatitude Climates —
Mediterranean (Csa, Csb), Humid Subtropical (Ffa, Cwa), Marine West Coast (CIb, Cfc); Severe
Midlatitude Climates – Humid Continental (Dfa, Dfb, Dwa, Dwb), Subarctic (Dfc, Dfd, Dwc, Dwd);
Polar Climates — Tundra (ET), Ice Cap (EF), Highland Climates (H)

2. Air Mass and Fronts:

Frontal Wave Theory of Cyclogenisis

3. Lightning, Thunder and Tornadoes:

3.1 Lightning: Lightning formation – Charge Separation-Runaway Discharges-Leaders-Strokes
and Flashes, Types of Lightning, Thunder, Lightning Safety
3.2 Thunderstorms; Air Mass Thunderstorms, Severe Thunderstorms, Downbursts, Hail
formation in thunderstorm, Geographic and Temporal Distribution of Thunderstorms
3.3 Tornadoes; Tornado Characteristics and Dimensions, Tornado Formation, Location and
Timing of Tornadoes, Trends in US/Bangladesh Tornado Occurrence, Tornado Damage and
Fatalities, Watches and Warnings

4.  Mid latitude Cyclones:

4.1 Polar Front Theory, Cyclogenesis, Mature Cyclone, Occlusion, Movement of Cyclones
4.2 Process of the Middle and Upper Troposphere – Rossby Waves and Vorticity
4.3 Surface Fronts and Upper Level Patterns, Cold Fronts and Formation of Upper Level Troughs,
Interaction of Surface Upper –Level conditions
4.4 The Modern View: Mid Latitude Cyclones and Conveyor Belts

5. Tropical Storms and Cyclones:

5.1 Cyclones Around the Globe: The Tropical Setting, Cyclone/Hurricane Characteristics
5.2 Cyclone/Hurricane Structure: The Eye and the Eye Wall
5.3 Cyclone/Hurricane Formation:  Steps in the Formation, Conditions Necessary for
Cyclone/Hurricane Formation, Cyclone/Hurricane Movement and Dissipation,
Cyclone/Hurricane Paths, Effect of Landfall
5.4 Cyclone/Hurricane Destruction and Fatalities:   Wind, Heavy Rain, Tornadoes, Storm Surges
5.5 Cyclone/Hurricane Forecasts and Advisories:  Cyclone/Hurricane Watches and Warnings,
Cyclone/Hurricane Intensity Scale

6. Weather Forecasting and Analysis:

6.1. Weather Forecasting – Both Art and Science, Impact of Weather Forecasting, Forecasting
Methods, Types of Forecasts, Assessing Forecasts
6.2 Data Acquisition and Dissemination
 6.3 Forecast Procedures and Products: Phases in Numerical Modeling, Medium-Range Forecasts,
Long-Range Forecasts and Seasonal Outlooks, Weather Maps and Images

7. Air Pollution and Heat Islands

7.1 Atmospheric Pollutants:  Particulates, Carbon Oxides, Sulfur Compounds, Nitrogen Oxides,
Volatile Organic Compounds (Hydrocarbons), vi. Photochemical Smog
7.2 Atmospheric Controls on Air Pollution:  Effects of Winds on Horizontal, Transport, Effect on
Atmospheric Stability
7.3 Urban Heat Islands:   Radiation Effects, Changes in Heat Storage, Sensible and Latent Heat
Transfer

8. Climate Changes: Past and Future

8.1 Defining Climate Change
8.2 The Time Scales of Climate Change
8.3 Past Climates:  i.  Warm Intervals and Ice Ages, ii.  The Current Ice Age, iii.  The last Glacial
Maximum, iv.  The Holocene, v.  The Last Century, vi.  Variation on Characteristic Time Scales
8.4 Factors Involved in Climate Change:   Variations in Solar Output, Changes in Earth’s Orbit,
Changes in Land Configuration and Surface Characteristics, Changes in Atmospheric Turbidity,
Changes in Atmospheric Turbidity, Changes in Radiation-Absorbing Gases, Feedback
Mechanisms
8.5 General Circulation Models:  Attributing Climate change, Projecting Climate Change
8.6 Methods of Determining Past Climates:  Oceanic Deposits, Ice Cores, Remnant Landforms,
Past Vegetation, Relic Soils

Suggested Readings

 Aguado, E.  and Burt, James E.,    Understanding Weather and Climate, Prentice Hall, New York,
2010.

 Ahrens, C. Donald., Essentials  of Meteorology: An Invitation to the Atmosphere, Brooks/Cole, US,

2001.

 Wallace, John M. and Hobbs, Peter V.,   Atmospheric Science: An Introductory Survey, ELSEVIER,
Amstardam. 2006.

 Reynolds, R., Guide  to Weather, Bounty Books, London, 2004.

GETh 403: Political Geography

1. Nature, Scope and Objective of Political Geography; Political Geography and Geopolitics and
Approaches in Political Geography and Geo-Political Thoughts and Concepts

2. State concept and Evaluation

    2.1. State as a unit: political unit
    2.2. Nation
    2.3. Nation-state
    2.4. Multi-national States
    2.5. Buffer-State
    2.6. Neutralised States and Territories

3. The States:
    3.1. Location, Area and State
    3.2. Boundaries, Frontiers and Territorial Waters
    3.3. Population
    3.4. Resource and Power
    3.5. Core Areas and Capitals
    3.6. Internal Organisations and Relationship
    3.7. External Relationships

4. World Political Patterns:

    4.1. Colonialism, Colonies and Decolonisation
    4.2. The Capitalist and the Socialist Realm
    4.3. The Developed and the Developing World
    4.4. The Big Powers-Sphere of Influence and the Balance of Power
    4.5. Geopolitical Theories and the Foreign Policies of Big Power
    4.6. World Organizations and International Relationship
    4.7. Areas of Contemporary Interests and International Conflicts
    4.8. Electoral Geography

5. Geopolitical Situation of Bangladesh

    5.1. SAARC-Bangladesh and ASEAN The Bridge Concept
    5.2. Transit, Transshipment and Asian High-way Controversy
    5.3. Delimitation of the Maritime Boundaries and South Talpathi Problem
    5.4. Chittagong Hill Tracts and Ethnicity
    5.5. Problem Mv Relation Sharing of Transboundary Water Resources

Suggested Readings

 Alexander, World Political Patterns

 Pounds., Political Geography

 Cohen, Geography and Politics in a Divided world

 Cohlet., Political Geography and the World Map

 Whittlesey., The Earth and the State

 Moodie., Geography Behind Politics

 Bowman., The New World

 Fairgzeve., Geography and World Power

 Saidi., Readings in Political Geography

 Pearcy, Fairfield and Associate

  World Political Geography

 Weigert and Others., Principles of Political Geography

 Boggs., International Boundaries

 Prescott., The Geography of Frontiers and Boundaries

 Cornish., Great Capitals

 East and Moodie, The Changing World

 East and Spate., The Changing map of Asia

 Mackinder., Democratic Ideals and Reality

 Fewett., Political Geography of the British Empire

 Robinson (ed)., Economic Consequence of the Size of Nations

 Sargets., Ways of the Empire

 Weigert, Stefansson, et. al., New Compass of the World

 Weigert and Stefansson., Compass of the World

 Thomsson., Danger Spots in World Population

 Rose., Politics in Southern Asia

 Fisher., Middle East

 James and Jones (eds)., American Geography, Inventory and Prospects

 Tayyab., Pakistan: A Political Geography

 Cole, A Geography of World Affairs

 Braujeau Garnier., The Geography of Population

GETh 404: Urban Geography

1. Introduction: Subject matter, Scope and Development of Urban Geography.

2.  Origin and Growth of cities: Early Urban Hearths, Factors in Urban Growth (General and
Current), Pre-industrial, Industrial and modern cities.

3.  Stages, Processes and Forces of Urban Growth (centripetal & centrifugal).

4.  Urbanization and Urban Growth: Patterns and Processes in MDCs and LDCs, Urbanization Curve,
Over urbanization and Counter urbanization.

5.  Urban Population: Characteristics and Dynamics, Population Density Gradient Model.

 6.  Urban Internal Structure: CBD, Core-Frame Concept, Commercial (manufacturing & retailing)
areas and Residential zonation and segregation.

7.  Urban Landuse Theories & Models: Bid-Rent Theory, Concentric Zone Model, Sector Theory and
Multiple Nuclei Theory.

8.  Hierarchy of Urban Centers: Central PlaceTheory, Rank-size Rule.

9.  Urban Economic Base: Basic and Non-Basic Concepts, Formal & Informal Sectors.

10.  Urban Transportation: Transportation & Urban Form, Trip Generations & Commuting, Urban
Transit System and problems.

11.  Suburbanization, Rural-Urban Fringe/ Urban Sprawl, Satellite Towns.

12.  Urban Environment: Problems and Consequences, Urban Livability.

Suggested Readings

 Kaplan, David (2009). Urban Geography. 2 nd edition, John Wiley: N.Y.

 Kaplan, David, Wheeler James and Halloway, Steven R. (2008). Urban Geography. 2 nd edition,
John Wiley; N.Y. ISBN-10: 0471798150.

 Pacione, Micheal (2009). Urban Geography: A Global Perspectives. 3 rd edition, Routledge: N.Y.

 Knox, Paul L. & McCarthy, Linda M. (2012). Urbanization: An Introduction to Urban Geography.
Prentice Hall: N.Y. ISBN-10:0321736435, ISBN-13: 9780321736437

 Knox, L. Paul (1994). Urbanization: An Introduction to Urban Geography.Englewood cliffs:

Prentice Hall.

 Mayer, H.M and C. F. Kohn (1959). Readings in Urban Geography. University of Chicago Press:
Chicago, USA.

 Johnston, J.H. (1967). Urban Geography. Pergamon Press: London, UK. Carter, Harold. (1982).
Urban Geography. Edward Arnold: London, UK.

 Hall, Tim. (2006) Urban Geography. Routledge: London & N.Y.

 Murphy, Raymond E. (1996). The American City: An Urban Geography. Mcgraw hill: N.Y.

 Northam, R. M. Urban Geography.

GETh 405: Agricultural Geography

1. Introduction to Agricultural Geography: Definition and Scope; Methods, Themes and Concepts

2. Agricultural Origin, Development and Diffusion: Plants, Animals and Technology

 3. Agricultural System: The Role of Physical, Socio-economic and technological factors: Eco-
environmental and biological approaches including perception.

Socio-Economic Concepts and Principles: Land, Labour, Capital and Scale of Production; Ownership
Tenancy, Farm Size; Intensification, Co-operation and Mechanization; Transportation and Marketing;
Processing and Storing; Agricultural Organization: Peasant Farming, Commercial Farming

4. Models in Agriculture: Crop Combination Regions (Weaver Model); theoretical Approach to

Agricultural Landuse Patterns: Input-Output Relationships; Agricultural location in relation to
market, distance – Function and landuse (Von Thunen); Decision-Making under risk and
Uncertainty (Game Theory Model); including behavioural models- Diffusion concept in
agriculture.

5. Agricultural Classification: Regionalization of agricultural patterns, Types and Typology of

Agriculture, Agricultural systems of the world (Whittelesy’s).

6. Agriculture in Bangladesh: Nature and characteristics, Types, Patterns, Landuse, Crop

Diversification, Intensity; Recent Trends, Govt. Policies, Food security and prosperity of
Agriculture in Bangladesh.

Suggested Readings

 A. Aliam,: Agriculture of Bangladesh

 B.M. Rogers: Diffusion of Innovations

 D. R. Harris: The Ecology of Agricultural Systems in Trends in Geography, Coke R.V. and Johnson,
J. H. (eds)

 D.B.Grigg : Agricultural systems of the world

 Duckhan: The Fabric of Farming

 H. F. Gregor: Geography of Agricultures Themes in Research

 H.H. McCarty: Agricultural Geography” in (ed) S.E. Jones and C.F. Jones

 J. Burton: Types of Agricultural Occapance of floodplains in the United States (Dept. of

Geography, University of Chicago) Res. Pap. 75

 J. R. Tarrant: Agricultural Geography

 J.D. Henshall: Models of Agricultural Activity in socio-economic Geography(ed) R.J. Chorley and
Peter Haggett

 L. D. Stamps: The Land of Britain: Its Use and Misuse

 L.D. Stamp: Applied Geography

 M. Chisholm: Geography and Economics

  T. Hagerstrand: The Propagation of Innovation Waves, Land Studies in Geography, Series-B.
Human Geography

 T. R. Saarieen: Perceptions of the drought Hazard on the Great Plains, Res. Paper 196, Dept. of
Geography, University of Chicago

 W.B. Moefan and R.J.C. Muntan: Agricultural Geography

 W.C. Found: Theoretical Rural Land Use

 Madjid, H.: Systematic Agricultural Geography

 Sing, J and Dhillon: Agricultural Geography

 Brammer, Hugh: Land Use and Land Use Planning in Bangladesh

 Brammer, Hugh: Agricultural Development Possibilities in Bangladesh.

 Hossain, Mosharraf: Agriculture in Bangladesh.

 Faruquee, Rashid: Bangladesh Agriculture in the 21st Century.

 Mandal & Dutta: Crop diversification.

GETh 406: Environmental Management

 Environmental Management: Theory, Principles and Key Concepts

    1.1 Key terms and concepts
    1.2. Evolution of Environmental Management
    1.3 Approaches to environmental management (Ad hoc; Systems; Problem-solving; Regional; Political
economy; Human ecology; Commercial; Voluntary sector; Specialist discipline)

2. Environmental Protection Principles: sustainability, polluter pays, precautionary equity, human rights

3. Economics of the Environment: Models, dynamics, Property rights, Economics of pollution control,
Environmental value

4. Environmental Planning
    4.1 Strategic environmental management
    4.2 Environmental planning framework
    4.3 Understanding environmental problems

5. Practice of Environmental Management

    5.1 Pollution and waste management
    5.2 Tourism and environmental management
    5.3 Urban environmental management
    5.4 Ecosystem planning and management
6. Environmental Hazards and Risk Assessment
    6.1 Defining hazards, vulnerability, risk and exposure
    6.2 Natural and man-made hazards
    6.3 Pressure and Release Model (PAR)
    6.4 Access Model
    6.5 Methods for an integrated risk assessment
    6.6 Regions of risk model
    6.7 Place of vulnerability model

7. Environmental Management Tools and Techniques

    7.1 Environmental management methods, tools and techniques
    7.2 Techniques of environmental risk assessment and management (Methods of Ecological, Health
and Industrial risk assessment)
7.3 Life cycle assessment (LCA)
    7.4 Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA): steps of an ideal EIA and preparation of an EIA report
    7.5 Environmental accounting and auditing
    7.6 Environmental reporting
    7.7 GIS and Remote sensing techniques in environmental management

Suggested Readings

 Barrow, C.J., 1999. Environmental management for sustainable development, Routledge,

London.

 Barrow, C.J., 2002. Environmental management: principles & practice, Routeledge, London.

 Barrow, C.J., 2005. Environmental management and development, Routledge Publications,

London.

 Beder, S., 2006. Environmental principles and policies: an interdisciplinary introduction,

Earthscan, Australia.

 Boyce, J.K., 2002. The political economy of the environment, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, USA.

 Chen, Z. and Li, Heng, 2006. Environmental management in construction: a quantitative

approach, Taylor & Francis, London.

 Cotherns, C.R., 1996. Handbook for environmental risk decision making, Lewis Publishers,
Washington D.C. USA.

 Cutter, S.L.,1993. Living with risk, Edward Arnold, London.

 De, A.K. and De, A.K., 2005. Environmental studies, New Age International Limited, New Delhi.

 Fox, J., Rindfuss, R.R., Walsh, S.J. and Mishra, V., 2004. People & the environment: approaches
for linking household and community services to remote sensing & GIS, Kluwer Academic
Publishers, Boston.

 Grafton, R.Q., Adamowicz, W., Dupoint, D., Nelson, H., Hill, R.J. and Renzetti, S., 2004. Economics
of the environment and natural resources, Blackwell Publishing, Malden, USA.
  Greiving, S., Fleischhauer, M. and Lucknkotter, J., 2006. A methodology for an integrated risk
assessment for spatially relevant hazards, Journal of Environmental Planning and Management,
49 (1), 1-19.

 Hewitt, K., 1997. Regions of risk: a geographical introduction to disasters. Longman, Harlow.

 Hukkinen, J., 1999. Institutions of environmental management: constructing mental models &
sustainability, Routledge, London.

 Kemp, D.D., 2004. Exploring environmental issues: an integrated approach, Routledge, London.

 Nadu, C.N., 2007. Environmental planning and management, Imperial College Press, London.

 Nath, B., Hens, I., Compton, P. and Devuyst, D. (Eds.), 1998. Environmental management in
practice- Volume 1, Routledge, London.

 Oldfield, F., 2005. Environmental change: key issues and alternative perspectives, Cambridge
University Press, Cambridge.

 Patt, A.G., Schroter, D., Klien, R.J., Vega-Leinert, C. de la (Eds.), 2009. Assessing vulnerability to
global environmental change, Earthscan, London.

 Seppelt, R., 2003. Computer-based environmental management, Wiley-VCH Gmbh & Co. KGaA,
Germany.

 Skidmore, A., (Eds.)., 2002. Environmental modeling with GIS and remote sensing, Taylor and
Francis, London.

 Sullivan, R. and Wyndham, H., 2001. Effective environmental management: principles & case
studies, Allen & Unwin, NSW, Australia.

 Wisner, B., Blaikie, P., Cannon, T. and Davis, I., 2004. At risk: natural hazards, people’s
vulnerability and disasters, Routledge, London.

GETh 407: Regional Geography and Environment of South Asia

1. Introduction
    1.1 Defining the region and Geographical Location, Land and borders
    1.2 History of South Asia as a Geographical Regions
    1.3 Member Countries
    1.4 Basic Demographic and Socio-economic Data Base

2. Natural Landscape of South Asia

    2.1 The Natural Landscape
    2.2 Climatic Division
    2.3 Natural Vegetation
    2.4 Soil
3. Cultural Environment of South Asia
    3.1 Ethnic Mosaic
    3.2 Population
            3.2.1 Population Growth
            3.2.2 Population Composition
            3.2.3 Population Dynamics
    3.3 Economy
            3.3.1 Economic Pattern
            3.3.2 Links to global economy
            3.4 Agriculture
            3.4.1 Agricultural Systems
            3.4.2 Major Crop Productions
            3.4.3 Green Revolution & Food Security
    3.5 Industry & Trade
            3.5.1 Large Scale Industry
            3.5.2 Medium & Small Scale Industry
            3.5.3 Industrial Policies

4. Major Problems and Co-operation of South Asia

    4.1 Environmental Problems
    4.2 Water Sharing of Major Rivers
    4.3 Introduction to SAARC

Suggested Readings

 Bradshaw White Dymond Chack – Contemporary World Regional Geography

 H.J. Blijj Peter O. Muller – Geography: Realms, Regions and Concepts

 Dutt, Ashok K and Margaret M. Geils, Atlas of S.A.. Westview Press, London, 1987

 Kuniyan, George, Indian A General Survey, National Book Trust. New Delhi, 1970

 John, B.L.C., South Asia : Heinemann Educational, London

 Spate, O.H.K. & et. al., Indian, Pakistan and Ceylon, The Regions, Methuen & Co. London, 1967

 Spate, O.H.K. & A.T.A. Learmonth, India and Pakistan, Methuen & Co. London, 1967

 Davis, K., The Population of India & Pakistan. University Press, Prenceton: 1951

 Wadian, D.N., Geology of India. Macmillan & Co. London. 1966

 Abbasi, Bushra Afzal, Geography of South Asia, Sang-e-Meel Publication, Lahore: 1991

GETh 408 Transport Geography

Study of Transport in Geography
    1.1 Definition and Scope

2. Transport and Space

    2.1 Physical constraints
    2.2 Overcoming barriers
    2.3 Transport and Spatial Structure
    2.4 Space/Time Relationship

3. Morphology of Transport Modes

    3.1 Road
    3.2 Railways
    3.3 Waterways
    3.4 Airways
    3.5 Pipelines

4. Transport and Urban Development

5. Transport Problems in Urban Areas

6. Transport and Environment

7. Globalization of Trade and Transport: Multimodalism

8. Models in Transport and Development

    8.1 Taffee, Morrill and Gould Model
    8.2 The Rimmer Model
    8.3 The Vance Model

9. Stages of Transport Development in Bangladesh

    9.1 Early and Mughal Period
    9.2 Colonial Period
    9.3 Pakistan Period
    9.4 Post Independence Period

10. History and Development of various Modes of Transport in Bangladesh

    10.1 Roads
    10.2 Railways
    10.3 Waterways
    10.4 Airways

11. Assignments for power point presentation on contemporary issues on Transport in Bangladesh.

Reference:

 Hoyle, B and Knowles, R.D. eds. Modern Transport Geography. London. Belhaven Press. London

 Rodrigue, JP, Comtois, C and Slack, B. The Geography of Transport Systems.2nd ed. Routledge.
London.

 Hilling, D. Transport and Developing Countries. Routledge. London.

  White,H.P and Senior, K.L. Transport Geography. London

 Burke,M. Transport and Trade. Oliver and Boyd. London.

GETh 409: Landuse Planning and Development

1. Landuse: Concept, issues and a theme in Geographical perspective

2. Landuse Studies: data, conceptual problems and the users of landuse data

3. Theoretical underpinnings and approaches to landuse studies

o Key factors affecting landuse

o Theories and models of landuse and spatial organization

4. Approaches to landuse planning and development

5. Location and spatial distribution of landuse

6. Landuse survey: tools, techniques, methodology and management of landuse data

7. Landuse in Bangladesh and other countries.

8. Principles of landuse and land evaluation

9. Landuse classification

10. Landuse Planning for sustainable Development

o concepts of landuse planning

o carrying capacity of land

o sustainable landuse for Development

o Landuse zoning

o conservation of land resource

o landuse planning

o land reforms for equitable development

11. Urban landuse: A different dimension

o Factor influencing urban landuse

o Major issues in urban landuse

o Urban landuse classification

o Urban landuse planning in Bangladesh

 12. Landuse policies and related Planning issues in Bangladesh

o Landuse policy

o National Water Policy

o Agriculture Policy/crop production policy/Agriculture Extension Policy

o Forest and Nature conservation Act

o Bio-Diversity Act

o Coastal Zone Policy

13. Climate Change and Adaptation through Landuse Planning

o National Adoptation Programme (NAPA)

o Bangladesh climate change strategy and Action Plan

o Agriculture Policy/crop production policy/Agriculture Extension Policy

o Forest and Nature conservation Act

o Bio-Diversity Act

o Coastal Zone Policy

References:

 Beek, K. J Land Evaluation for Agricultural Development ILRI Publication, 23, Wageningen, The
Netherlands

 Freeman, T. W.Geography and Planning, London: Hutchinson University Library

 Dent, D. & A. YoungSoil Survey and Land Evaluation, George Allen and Unwin, London

 F.A.O (1976)Framework for Land Evaluation, Soils Bulletin No. 32

 F.A.O. (1978)Report on the Agro-Ecological Zones Project, Methodology and Results for Africa,
Worlds Soil Resources Report

 Harwood, R. R. & E. C. PriceMultiple Cropping in Tropical Asia, Symposium “Multiple Cropping”

of the American Society of Agronomy, August 1975.

 Islam, M. A.Environment, Land Use and Natural Hazards in Bangladesh, Dhaka: Dhaka University

 Lounsbury, F. L. & Aldrich, F. T.Introduction to Geographic Field Methods and Techniques,

London: Charles E. Merrill Publishing Company

 Mandal, R. B.Land Utilization: Theory and Practice, Delhi: Concept Publishing Company

 Pierce, J. T.The Food Resource, New York: Longman Scientific and Technical
  Purnell, M. F.The FAO Approach to Land Evaluation and Its Application to Land Classification for
Irrigation

GELb 410 : GIS –III: Spatial Analysis and Modeling

Theory Lectures
1. Spatial Analysis & Modeling
 
Organizing Geographic Data for analysis; Classification of GIS Analysis Functions;
Maintenance and Analysis of Spatial Data; Maintenance and Analysis of Non-Spatial Data; The Analysis
of Discrete Entities in Space; Spatial Analysis Using Continuous Fields.
 
2. Techniques in Spatial Decision Support System
 
Multi-criteria evaluation; Linear Programming; Rule-based Systems; Network Analyses; Spatial
Interaction Modelling; Genetic Algoritms;
 
3. Statistical Surfaces: Digital Terrain Modelling
 
What are Surfaces? Surface mapping: DTM vs. DEM; Terrain Data Sampling; Raster Surfaces;
Interpolation; Terrain Reclassification; Slicing statistical surface; Discrete surfaces.
 
4. Introduction to various GIS applications
 
    a) Land use planning;
    b) Health Care Management,
    c) Risk and Hazard Management,
    d) Policing and local administration.
 
Lab Sessions: (Using the Tutorial Book by Wilpin L. Gorr and Kristen S. Kurland available at the GIS Lab)
 
1. Spatial Analysis
 
2. ArcGIS 3D Anlyst
 
3. ArcGIS Spatial Analyst
 
4. GIS Project work: (to be designed by the Course Teacher incorporating all the skills so far learned from
the above lab exercises)
 
Reference:
  C.P. Lo & Albert K. W. Yeung (2002), Concepts and techniques of Geographic Information
Systems, Prentice-Hall, New Delhi, India.

 Ian Heywood, Sarah Cornelius and Steve Carver (1999), An Introduction to Geographical
Information Systems; Longman, UK.

 Peter A. Burrough and Rachael A. McDonnell (1998), Principles of Geographical Information

Systems, Oxford University Press, UK.

 Stan Aronoff (1995), Geographic Information Systems: A Management Approach, WDL

Publications, Ottawa, Canada.

 Christopher B. Jones (1999), Geographical Information Systems and Computer Cartography,

Longmans, UK.

 Michael N. Demers (2003), Fundamentals of Geographic Information Systems, John Wiley &
Sons Ltd. USA.

GETh 411: Remote Sensing –III: Thermal and Microwave Remote Sensing

Thermal Radiation Principles and Thermal Remote Sensing

1.1 Thermal radiation principles, thermal process and properties
1.2 Characteristics of thermal IR images and Factors affecting thermal images
1.3 Interaction of thermal radiation with terrain elements
1.4 Multi-spectral thermal data
  Labs:
    1. Brushing-up the image processing software
    2. Looking inside the thermal data by using IPS ( Image Processing Software)

Interpretation and Applications of Thermal Image

2.1 Thermal image and qualitative interpretation,
2.2 Semi quantitative analysis
2.3 Temperature mapping with thermal scanner data
2.4 Applications of thermal sensing
  Labs:
    3. Quantitative interpretation of thermal Image
    4. Thermal mapping by using appropriate satellite image
    5. Applications of thermal image: web-search

Microwave Remote Sensing

3.1 Introduction to microwave remote sensing – Concept and principle, back-scattering, cross
section Wavelength, incidence angle, aspect angle.
3.2 Interactions between radar and surface materials – complex dielectric properties, roughness
polarization
3.3 Passive microwave sensors
3.4 Active microwave sensors
  Labs:
    6. Interpretation of microwave image by using appropriate IPS

Radar Imagery
4.1 Side looking radar system
4.2 Geometric characteristics of Side looking radar images
4.3 Synthetic aperture radar
4.4 Transmission characteristics of radar signals and other radar image characteristics
  Labs:
    7. Exploring Radar imagery by using appropriate IPS
    8. Exploring the Synthetic aperture RADAR imagery

Radar Image Interpretation

5.1 Radar image interpretation
5.2 Fundamentals of radar interferometry
5.3 LIDAR – working principle, scope and applications
5.4 Applications of microwave remote sensing
   Labs:
    9. Interpretation and information extraction from RADAR image
    10. Interpretation of LIDAR image by using appropriate IPS

Reference:

 Drury, S.A., 1987: Image Interpretation in Geology. Allen and Unwin

 Gupta, R.P.., 1990: Remote Sensing Geology. Springer Verlag.

 Jensen, J.R. 2000: Remote Sensing of the Environment: An Earth resource Perspective. Prentice
Hall

 Joseph George, 2003: Fundamentals of remote sensing. Universities Press

 Lillesand, T.M., and Kieffer, R.M., 1987: Remote Sensing and Image Interpretation, John Wiley.

 Sabbins, F.F., 1985: Remote sensing Principles and interpretation. W.H. Freeman and compa

GELb 412: Techniques in Physical Geography

1 Laboratory techniques in physical geography: Introduction, types, measurements, Qualitative &

Quantitative Analysis, Applications

2: Study of Fluvial Process: Morphometric Analysis, Discharge and Flood Frequency Analysis; Analysis
of Long Profile and Cross-section Geometry

3 Study of Meteorological Process: Rainfall and Temperature trend study

4. Study of Rocks and Minerals: Principle, Type, Identification, properties

 5. Study of Physical Properties of Soil: Colour, Soil Humidity, Bulk-density, Porosity and Voids ratio,
Soil Texture, Grain Shape. Heavy Minerals, Mica,

6. Particle Size Analysis: Sieve Method, Hydrometer Method, Pipette Method with merits and
demerits

7. Study of Macrofossil and Microfossils: Fossil Woods; Pollen Analysis; Diatom Analysis;
Foraminifera Analysis:

References:

 Gouide A (1990) Techniques in Physical Geography, Routledge, London

 Braiser, MD. (1979) Micofossil, Chapman and Hall, London

GELb 413: Environmental Analysis

1. Introduction to Environmental Analysis: Definition, Qualitative & Quantitative Analysis,

Techniques, Applications

2. Chemical Properties of Soil: Soil pH, NPK, Conductivity, Organic Carbon, Fe, S, NOx, SOx, POx

3. Chemical Properties of Water: Conductivity, Salinity, Water pH, Hardness, DO, BOD, COD, Trace
Elements, Heavy Metals, Cloride, NOx, SOx POx

4. Pollution Study: Solid Waste; industrial waste water; industrial effluents; river water

5. Noise and Air Pollution: Analysis and Monitoring

6. Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA): Practices of EIA on a development project by individual

student

References:

 Manahan, Stanley, E. (2000); Environmental Chemistry, Lewis Publication

 De, Anil Kumar (2007) Environmental Chemistry, New Age Pub. New Delhi

 Asthana,D.H. and Meera Asthana, Environmental Problem and Solution, S.Chand & Co Ltd, New
Delhi.

 Stephen H Stoker and Spencer, L Seager (1970) Environmental Chemistry, Scot, Foreseman and
Company, USA

GELb 414: Landuse Survey

This course is will train students in field techniques and methods of rural and urban land use survey,
environmental analysis and socio-economic studies. The department on a selected theme will
arrange Field Camps, which are compulsory, and each student will have to produce a report on the
field camp investigation.