1st Edition

Regional Geography of Pakistan A Study in Spatial Relations

By K. R. Dikshit, Jutta K. Dikshit Copyright 2025
380 Pages 45 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge India

380 Pages 45 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge India

380 Pages 45 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge India

This book provides an integrated view of each of the four provinces of Pakistan, considered the four micro regions, owing to their relative internal homogeneity and distinctiveness from the adjacent regions. Each chapter of the book deals with a specific province, its physical environment, historic antecedents, contemporary social and economic organization and potential for future growth. This... Read more

1.     Introduction: A Regional Geography of Pakistan 2.     Balochistan 3.     Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: The Mountainous North-Western Region of Pakistan 4.     Punjab 5.     Sindh - The Gift of the Indus 6.     Islamabad Bibliography

Biography

K. R. Dikshit is a former Professor of Geography of the University of Pune, India (now retired). 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 is 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).