JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY HYDERABAD

Course Objective

to understand the application of Remote sensing and GIS for Rural Development

Course Outcome

at the end of the course the student will able to learn to Evaluate the contribution

of sectors, policies and services for rural development, Analyze geographical and socio-economic features of rural areas, plan and design the rural infrastructure, apply the geospatial concepts for rural governance

UNIT - I

Concepts of Rural Area and Rural Development; Causes of Rural Backwardness, Need for Rural Development, Levels of Living of Rural People Poverty indicators.

UNIT - II

Organizational Aspects of Agriculture, Alternative Occupations in Rural Areas, Assessment of Rural Energy Supply and Demand, Planning for Rural Development, Definition and Characteristics of Village Communities – Concept and Importance of Rural Industrialization.

UNIT - III

Engineering aspects of rural infrastructure development - Education - Housing – Health - Drinking Water Supply Road Network, PURA model, Study of poverty alleviation programmes implementation.

UNIT - IV

Governance of Rural Information and Communication Technology: Opportunities and Challenges; GIS and Governance in Development in India: Trends and Strategy for Implementation; ICT Infrastructure for Rural Development: Issues and Priority for Application.

UNIT - V

Geospatial techniques for mapping of rural resources. Spatial technologies in rural planning management administration and development.

TEXT BOOKS:

• 1. Jain S.C. Indigenous Resources for Rural Development, Concept Publishers, 2005.
• 2. Technologies for Rural Development; http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/ Technologies for Rural Development, 2010.
• 3. Harekrishna Misra (ed.), Governance of Rural Information and Communication Technologies, Opportunities and Challenges, Academic Foundation, 2009. M. Tech – I Year – II Sem. (GIST)