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GEOG 466- Historical Geography of North Western Europe

The course is concerned mainly with environmental, population and socio-economic interrelationships within North-Western Europe through spatial and historical analysis. The outline includes the changing environment, population dynamics of Europe, Europe and...

GEOG 465-The City: Origins, Internal Structure and Economic Function

The course employs a cross-cultural approach in discussing the broad patterns, trends and dynamics of world urbanization. There will be an analysis of the internal spatial organization of cities with special reference to land identification of the major...

GEOG 464- Cities in Economic Development and Problems of Urban Management

This urban studies course focuses on city systems, rural-urban linkages, regional economic role of cities and problems of urban management.  The relevance of the themes for urban and regional planning is underscored. The major themes are as follows:-...

GEOG 462-Transportation and the Space Economy

This course will examine transport and economic development within the regional settings of Africa and North America with special emphasis on Ghanaian and Nigerian situations. The outline includes the general theme of transport and economic development, the...

GEOG 459-Population Studies

The course will examine the concept of organization of space from the point of view of population (i.e. recognition of spatial patterns and dynamics, with population as the focus) and the relevance of the study of population dynamics with special reference to...

GEOG 458-Population and Development

The course provides an overview of the spatial dynamics of human populations with regard to the environment they occupy.  An analysis of the inter-relationships between population, resources, environment and development will be addressed.  The main...

GEOG 457-Political Geography

Topics to be examined in this course The meaning and scope of political geography; elements of political geography; basic principles and key concepts of the interactions between geographical space and political process; formation of states, nature and...

GEOG 456-Rural Development Experiences

The course involves an analysis of the experiences of developed and developing worlds in rural resources utilization for better rural development planning, especially in sub-Saharan Africa. The outline includes an overview of experiences of selected...

GEOG 455- Rural Resources Development: Theories and Policies

The course will cover theoretical concepts and policies of rural resources utilization for development with special reference to Sub-Saharan Africa and provide an overview of rural problems and their inter-related nature and the rationale of rural development...

GEOG 454- Spatial Organisation

Human society is complex and diverse, comprising different elements which are interlinked in space. This course seeks to explore in detail the various components of these linkages through interactions by various experts in the respective areas. The outline...

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