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GEOG 478-Tropical Biogeography

In this course we will deal with biogeography processes and vegetation development and distribution.  The soil – vegetation system as a basis for land resource utilization and conservation in the tropics will be examined. The outline includes the...

GEOG 477-Pedology

This course will deal with the origin of rocks and minerals, their classification and composition, weathering of rocks and minerals – soil formation, factors affecting soil formation, soil profile and horizon differentiation--as well as concepts of soil...

GEOG 475- Industrial Location Theory and Practice

The course will explore theories of industrial location and their relevance to the advanced and developing countries:  the various shades of the classical location theory, the behavioural and empirical approaches, the geography of enterprise and the...

GEOG 474- Industrialisation in the Developing World

The focus in this course will be on the process of industrialization in the developing countries of Africa, Asia and Latin America.  A comparison with the industrialization process in the advanced countries will be made.  Special emphasis is on the...

GEOG 473- Medical Geography

The course will focus on the application of geographical concepts and techniques to health-related problems and on   Studies of local variations of both human and environmental conditions which are causatively related to human activities. Basically...

GEOG 472-Spatio-Temporal Analysis of Health and Development

Development, entailing as it does modifications of existing circumstances, often affects sectors other than those intended by the planner.  The course focuses on aspects of the improvement of health levels through the instrument of development. ...

GEOG 471-Geography of Tourism

The course will deal with the concept of tourism and the tourist, the link between geography and tourism within the framework of resource identification, development and utilization, the role of tourism planning, development and management and socio-economic...

GEOG 469- Agricultural Land Use Theories and Policies

The course will provide an introduction to general agricultural land use theories and policies and definitions of basic terms/concepts. Other topics include problems and issues in agricultural land use and management, factors and basic ideas of agricultural...

GEOG 468- Agricultural Land Use Systems in the Developing World

This course will examine agricultural land use systems with special reference to their relative sustainability, effects upon the physical environment, and efficiency in food production in the developing world, most especially sub-Saharan Africa. The outline...

GEOG 467-Historical Geography of Africa

The various methodological approaches to Historical Geography and the technical and conceptual advances in the field are examined in relation to spatial analysis.  There is also a critical analysis of the historico-spatial patterns of the Human Geography...

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