GEOG 360 — CLIMATOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY II
BA BA Geography and Rural Development · Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
The Earth’s atmosphere: Ozone loss explained, natural factors that affect air pollution, Anthropogenic pollution, Air pollution controls – cost verses benefits; The threat of global warming: global climate change and human health, Green house effect and global warming, Possible effects of a warmer world, Ozone depletion; Desertification: causes, Severity of the issue in West Africa, Soil erosion and degradation, Impact of climate change on agriculture and natural resources, Climate of West Africa, Soils and vegetation of West Africa, Conservation and management of biological resources. YEAR FOUR: Semester ONE
- Credits
- 3
- Level
- Level 300
Other courses on this programme
- GEOG 351 — RESEARCH METHODS IN GEOGRAPHY
- GEOG 353 — PRINCIPLES OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT I
- GEOG 354 — APPLIED RURAL DEVELOPMENT II
- 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 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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