UNIT - I 

1. Geography as a Study of Environment 2. Important Concepts in the Philosophy of Geography 3. Dualism in Geography : Systematic and Regional Geography, Physical and Human Geography 4. Man-Environment Relationship : Concept of Deter-minism and Possibilism 5. The Problems and Causes of Environmental Degradation 6. Environmental Pollution 7.Environmental Management and Environmental Education 8. Ecosystem and Ecological Balance 9. Environmental Policies and Programmes 10. Selected Environmental Projects of India 11. Emerging Environmental Issues : Population Explosion and Food Security 12. Emerging Environmental Issues : Global Warming, Biodiversity and Sustainable Development, 

UNIT - II 

1. Concept of Region and Regionalization 2. South-West Asia : An Introduction 3. Geological Structure 4. Relief 5. Climate and Climatic Regions 6. Natural Vegetation 7. Water Resources and Irrigation 8. Power and Mineral Resources 9. Population-Growth and Distribution Pattern 10. Agriculture 11. Industries, Transportation and Trade 12. Strategic Importance, Suez Canal and Geographical Background of the Modern Problems of South-West Asia 13. Regional Study of Turkey 14. Iraq 15. Israel 16. Saudi Arabia 

UNIT - III

1. Plane Table Surveying 2. Prismatic Compass Survey 3. Indian Clinometer, 

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