Geo 220 Question Paper
Geo 220
Course:Bachelor Of Education Arts
Institution: Kabarak University question papers
Exam Year:2011
COURSE CODE: GEOG 220
COURSE TITLE: ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY
STREAM: SESSION IV
INSTRUCTIONS:
Answer question ONE and any other TWO questions
Sketch maps and diagrams should be used wherever they serve to illustrate an answer.
1. (a) Explain how resources are;
(i) created (5 marks)
(ii) destroyed (5 marks)
(b) Examine constraints to resource utilization and development in the third world countries.
(20 marks)
2. (a) What is Human infrastructure? (5 marks)
(b) Examine the importance of Human infrastructure in economic development in the
developing countries. (15 marks)
3. Write short notes on the following;
(a) Quaternary and Tertiary economic activities (12 marks)
(b) Water supply systems in Kenya (8 marks)
4. (a) What do you understand by concept of friction of distance? (4 marks)
(b) Explain why the following factors are regarded as major locational determinents.
(i) Transport and communications (6 marks)
(ii) Economies of Agglomeration (10 marks)
5. Critically discuss benefits of rural-urban migration with reference to the development in rural
and urban areas. (20 marks)
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