MGG-8 2025-26 SOLVED ASSIGNMENT

Description

M.Sc. Programme in Geography (MSCGG) (1st Semester)

ASSIGNMENT
Advances in Geographical Thought
Course Code: MGG-008
Assignment Code: MGG-008/TMA/2025-26
Valid from 1 st July, 2025 to 30 th June, 2026

Part-A All Questions are compulsory. Each question carries 10 marks.

1. Give a detailed discussion on the Hartshorne-Schaefer Debate and the rise of Spatial Analysis.
2. Explain the principles of positivism with logical positivism.
3. What are spatial systems? Explain.
4. Discuss the critique of spatial science and rise of humanistic perspectives in geography.

Part-B All Questions are compulsory. Each question carries 10 marks.

5. Discuss the contributions of David Harvey and David M. Smith.
6. What is social production of nature? Explain in detail.
7. Write a note on contemporary concerns and critiques under critical geography.

Part-C

8. Write Short notes on the following. Each question carries 5 marks.
9. a) Routes to scientific explanation
10. b) Scientific and Quantitative Geography
11. c) Behaviouralism
12. d) Humanistic Geography
13. e) Structuralism
14. f) Radical Geography