The book unravels the complexity of Pakistan’s physical terrain, from the Arabian Sea coast to the Himalayan heights, focusing on its bio-climatic environment. While discussing the evolution of societal organization and economic enterprises, it shows human response to the way natural resources have been harnessed.
The book unravels the complexity of Pakistan’s physical terrain, from the Arabian Sea coast to the Himalayan heights, focusing on its bio-climatic environment. While throwing light on the evolution of societal organization and the nature and intensity of economic enterprises, it discusses the human response to the natural milieu and the way natural resources have been harnessed.
This volume discusses the distribution of natural resources and deciphers the evolutionary development of manufacturing, transport and trade, the main non-agricultural enterprises, and looks at the potential for their growth. It provides an overview of the country`s economy and its fluctuations through different political regimes. It also investigates the country’s diverse social, linguistic, and ethnic composition. A habitat study, incorporating villages and towns, their numerical and spatial distribution, and the hierarchical organization of rural society, has received a special focus in the book.
The book, with its qualitative and quantitative information, will be useful to students, teachers and researchers studying physical geology, climatology, hydrology, soil science, environmental studies, archaeology, sociology, economics, demography, area studies and regional development studies. It will also be an indispensable companion to professionals in floral-landscaping, habitat study, administrators, and policy makers.
1. Introduction Part I: Physical Geography of Pakistan
2. Geology,
Structure, Physical Build and Relief Features of Pakistan
3. Drainage
Network: The Rivers of Pakistan
4. Bioclimatic Background: Climate, Soil,
Vegetation and Natural Hazards Part II: People of Pakistan
5. Religion,
Ethnicity, Language and Culture of the People of Pakistan
6. Population of
Pakistan
7. Rural Settlements in Pakistan
8. Urban Landscape: Cities and
Towns Part: III Economy
9. Water Resources of Pakistan
10. Irrigation in
Pakistan
11. Agriculture in Pakistan
12. Energy Resources Availability and
Utilisation
13. Industrial Landscape of Pakistan
14. Transport and Trade
15.
Economy of Pakistan: Changing Public Policy and its Impact on the Economy -
An Overview Bibliography
K.R. Dikshit is a former Professor of Geography (now retired) at the University of Pune, India. He has written several books, such as Geography of Gujarat (1970), Contribution to Indian Geography: Geomorphology (ed.1983), Maharashtra in Maps (1986), Environment, Forest Ecology and Man in the Western Ghats: The Case of Mahabaleshwar Plateau (1993) and North-East India: Land, People and Economy (2014) as well as many research papers.
Jutta K. Dikshit has been teaching geography at the Department of Geography of the University of Pune, India. She studied geography and German language and literature at the Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz (Germany), and obtained her doctoral degree from the Sorbonne, Paris. Before coming to India, she worked as a lecturer at the University of Saarbrucken for a number of years. Her research papers are mainly in the field of physical geography. She is the editor of the book The Urban Fringe of Indian Cities (2011) and she is co-author of the book North-East India: Land, People and Economy (2014).
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