Suggested Geography Books for IAS Booklist in the perspective of changed syllabus Geomorphology The Earth's Dynamic Surface

- By K. Siddhartha Geomorphology - By Bloom Geomorphology - By Sparks Economic Geology - By Shackleton Environmental Geology - By Valdiya Climatology Atmosphere Weather and Climate - By K. Siddhartha Climate History and Modem Man - By Chorley Science and Wonders of Atmosphere By Gedzelman Bio & Environmental Geog. Biosphere A Geography of Life - By Dr. Thomas and K. S iddhartha Environmental Geology -ByValdiya Living in the Environment - By Miller Settlement Geography- Cities Urbanization and Urban System - By K. Siddhartha & S. Mukherjee Urban Geography - By Herbert Thomas Indian Industrial Geography Indian industry a geographical perspective - By S. M ukherjee and K. Siddhartha Indian Economy - By Uma Kapila General Reading environmental concerns and strategies - By T. N. Khoshoo Development Indicators -Oxford University Press. Environmental Hazards - published by Ministry of Environment and forest. How to prepare These changes are not at all mind boggling. They can be tackled with lan if thoug htful inputs goes into the preparation. And here comes the role of coaching inst itutes. Quality education to IAS aspirants will be of paramount importance in th eir preparation. What an individual candidate can accumulate in a year or so, in stitutes can make the candidate assimilate in a couple of months. Also, to add to our discussion, these changes in the syllabus are also beneficia l to the aspirants in some way. Like, as Geography is tending to become multi-di sciplinary it would provide more coverage for general studies. Furthermore, the non-serious candidates can be weeded out by this process. ====================== =======X=========================== REFERENCE BOOKS FOR MAINS EXAMINATION : Geography Books Paper - I Physical geography - Savinder Singh The Earth's dynamic surface - K. Sidhartha Physical geography - Strahler & Strahler Climatology - D.S. Lal Physical geography made simple - Rupa Oceanography - Sharma & Vital Biogeography - Savinder Singh Evolution of geographical thoughts - Majid Hussain and Adhikari Economic geography - K. Sidhartha Economic and social geography made simple - Rupa Urban geography - K. Sidhartha Human geography - Majid Hussain Geography of population - R.C. Chandra Regional Planning in India - hand & Puri Political geography - Dixit Geography Books Paper - II India: Physical aspects - K Sidhartha Geography of India - Mamoria Agricultural geography - Majid Hussain Agricultural problems in India - Sadhu and Singh Economic & Commercial geography of India - Mamoria India's urbanisation and urban systems - R. Ramachandran

Regional planning in India - Chand and Puri Political geography - Dixit India: political aspects - K. Sidhartha REFERENCE BOOKS OVERALL : PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY Physical Geography - Bunnett Certificate physical and human geography - Goh, Cheng Leong Physical Geography made simple HUMAN AND ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY Economic Geography, Economic and Social Geography made simple Penguim masters studies on geography The Cultural Landscape - Rubeistein INDIAN GEOGRAPHY Indian geography - Rammorthy Gopalakrishnan Physical geography of India - S.M. Mathur Mineral of India - NBT (Wadia) Catography - R.L. Singh World regional geography - Fellnan Work book - K. Siddhartha and S. Mukherjee Question Bank - Surendra Singh, 1000 Geography quiz - Muthiah REFERENCE BOOKS FOR PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION : Certificate of Physical Geography - Goh Cheng Leong. Economic & Commercial Geography - Made Simple Series - Rupa Publications. Human and Economic Geography - Leong & Norgan Human Geography - Majid Hussain. Geographical thoughts - Majid Hussain. Cartography - R.L. Singh Geography of India - Gopal Singh Economic & Commercial Geography of India - C.B. Memoria Orient longman - Atlas. TTK - Atlas Dictionary of Geography - Penguin Spectrum guide for Geography. Siddhartha - Preliminary Question Bank. Geography Guide - Narmadeshwar Prasad. Brilliants