GEOG 354 — APPLIED RURAL DEVELOPMENT II
BA BA Geography and Rural Development · Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
This course focuses on the need for rural development. It will introduce students to rural-urban contrast/imbalance, migration, especially rural urban migration and its implication in rural development. Differences in socio-economic amenities in rural and urban areas and the systems approach to understanding rural problems and development. It looks at an overview of rural development efforts in Ghana, the role of government, quasi-government, non-governmental institutions in rural development, strategies and various approaches and constraints to rural development in Ghana, integrated rural development and the role of culture in rural development. The role of science and technology and the rural environment will also be examined.
- Credits
- 0
- Level
- Level 300
Other courses on this programme
- GEOG 351 — RESEARCH METHODS IN GEOGRAPHY
- GEOG 353 — PRINCIPLES OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT I
- GEOG 355 — REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY OF AFRICA
- GEOG 356 — REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY OF WEST AFRICA WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO GHANA
- GEOG 357 — GEOMORPHOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY I
- GEOG 358 — GEOMORPHOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY II
- GEOG 359 — CLIMATOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY I
- GEOG 360 — CLIMATOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY II
- GEOG 361 — REMOTE SENSING I
- GEOG 362 — GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS (GIS)
- GEOG 363 — RURAL RESOURCE ANALYSIS I
- GEOG 364 — RURAL RESOURCE ANALYSIS II
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