Description
There is no dearth of books on research methodology. But there are not many, if at all, which address themselves to the interdisciplinary approach so common in geography. This book has, therefore, been designed to fill this gap in methodological literature. The papers included focus on contemporary methodological approaches in social and policy sciences cutting across various disciplines, and pertinent to geographers. The book will, however, be equally useful to disciplines like economics, sociology, anthropology, public administration and political science. The objective of the book is to present a synthetic view of theoretical analysis and empirical derivations and observations on environmental, social and policy issues within the broad conceptual matrix of geographic research.
Contents
1 Introduction / H.N. Misra and Vijai P. Singh
2. Indian Epistemology / Dhirendra Mohan
3. Traditional and Contemporary Paradigms of Urban Geography / H.N. Misra
4. Comparative Social Research / Vijai P. Singh and Villiam J. Haller
5. Research Project and Report Writing / R.P. Misra
6. Hypothesis / Lokesh Kaul
7. Methods of Data Collection / K.D. Gangrade
8. Spatial Sampling Design for an Urban Household Survey / G.S. Sastry
9. Measurement Through Scaling Methods / Laxman Swaroop
10. Remote Sensing Techniques and their Applications / R. Nagaraja and H.N. Misra
11. Principles and Methods for Terrain Analysis / Srikumar Chattopadhyay and Mahamaya Chattopadhyay
12. Remote Sensing in Erosion Surveys / S.P. Mishra
13. Geographic Information Systems / R. Nagaraja
14. Application of Geographical Information System Technology for Environmental Monitoring and Forecasting in India / R.B. Singh
15. Gaming Simulations and Systems Analysis / G.P. Chapman
16. Methodological Inquiry into Social Mobility with Examples from India / Bam Dev Sharda
17. The Building Blocks of Participation / Michael M. Cernea
18. Participatory Rural Appraisal / Neela Mukherjee
19. A Model of Economic Base and its Application to the Towns of Uttar Pradesh / H.N. Misra
20. Analytical Techniques for the Study of Regional Structural Change / Kamlesh Misra and Vijai P. Singh
21. Some Problems of Interdisciplinary Teamwork and Research in Urban and Regional Planning / K.V. Sundaram
