2017-12-20T23:51:17+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Geography|
The formation of mountain passes between mountain peaks might occur during the formation of the mountain range or they may be formed due to the action of glaciers, running water, or with the help of precipitation in the form of rain or snow. While a mountain pass through a ridge [...]
2017-12-19T12:46:57+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Geography, Misc|
The Natural Resources Data Management System (NRDMS) is an initiative of Department of Science and Technology of Government of India, conceived to help Policy makers and planners to formulate developmental strategy. In doing so, they have the advantage of the progress made in recent years in the methodologies designed to [...]
2017-11-18T18:54:00+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Geography|
The most common sort among the calculations of population density is as defined by the number of persons per square kilometre. Calculations of population density depict the concentration of population over certain spatial units, and the Census of India uses number of persons per square kilometre as its principle method [...]
2017-11-01T06:53:48+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Environment, Geography|
The terms desertification refers to degradation of land in arid, semi-arid and sub-humid areas resulting from various factors, including climatic variations and human activities. It does not imply loss of land to desert or through sand-dune movement. […]
2017-10-17T00:08:58+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Environment, Geography|
Why landslide mitigation is important:- […]
2017-10-17T00:00:33+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Geography, Society|
Population is a more serious issue than generally construed. The managing of populations can become a serious inflection point as can be seen building up in the recent Rohingya crisis in Myanmar. Frequently, discrimination against communities have been placed in religious and ethnic terms, which can be site-specific. [...]
2017-10-16T23:58:13+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Geography, Society|
Population is a more serious issue than generally construed. The managing of populations can become a serious inflection point as can be seen building up in the recent Rohingya crisis in Myanmar. Frequently, discrimination against communities have been placed in religious and ethnic terms, which can be site-specific. However, Saskia [...]
2017-10-02T16:30:32+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Economy, Geography|
Measurements of poverty indicators are usually highly controversial, and many obstacles may arise over providing an exact and objective estimate of people living in extreme poverty. Many nations and organizations working in this regard such as the World Bank and the United Nations (UN) have different approaches in qualifying and [...]
2017-09-22T06:10:21+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Environment, Geography|
How data can heal our oceans […]
2017-09-18T10:41:52+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Geography|
There have been various schools of thought in the history of geographical thought, and geographical determinism is one such school of thought that deals with the interaction between man and nature. Geographical determinism began with the major initial source of geographical explanation that based its theoretical positions on the notion [...]
