CREDIT-I
• Introduction to economic geography
• Classification of economic activities
• Factors influencing location of industry
• Sectoral analysis of economic activity in India
Q: -Introduction to Economic Geography.
Ans: - Economic Geography is the study of man and his economic activities under varying sets of conditions. Geographers are of different opinions as regarding the definition of the subject.In fact, different authorities have defined Economic Geography in a variety of ways but their opinions converge at a common point of accord, where it means the study of the spatial distribution of man’s economic activities in relation to its environment, be it physical or non-physical.
According to Dudley Stamp, Economic Geography “involves consideration of the geographical and other factors which influence man’s productivity, but only in limited depths, so far as they are connected with production and trade.”Professor E. W. Zimmermann pointed out that, Economic Geography deals with the economic life of man with relation to environment. LR. S. Thoman in his book ‘The Geography of Economic Activity’ has remarked, “Economic Geography may be defined as an enquiry into the production, exchange and consumption of goods by people in different areas of the world. Particular emphasis is placed on the location of
