pyq/2025/geography-optional-i/5

Answer the following in about 150 words each: (10 marks, 150 words)

(a) Why did the Welfare Approach in Human Geography emerge as a significant perspective in 1970s?

(b) What are the key environmental and economic challenges linked to the extraction and processing of critical minerals?

(c) "Pull factors in internal migration are often based on perceptions rather than reality." Explain.

(d) "Regional imbalances are the product of in situ and ex situ factors." Elucidate it with examples.

(e) Why is systems analysis important in urban planning and what are its limitations?