GEOG 472 — APPLIED CLIMATOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY II
BA BA Geography and Rural Development · Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
The course will introduce students to the following: atmospheric humidity and its measurements; ozone depletion and desertification; applied climatology for agriculture, industry, engineering and recreation; climate and water resources management; climate & urban risk management, climate risk and decision making under uncertainties. Other topics will include, climate of West Africa as favourable conditions for breeding insects and insect-borne disease studies; soils, vegetation conservation and management. Critical assessment of future scenarios of climate and human links will also be investigated. The course will further expose students to the global, regional and national institutions in the forefront of climate science and related issues (e.g. IPCC, UNFCCC, COP; WWF, GEF, etc).
- Credits
- 3
- Level
- Level 400
Other courses on this programme
- CS 451 — INTEGRATION AND APPLICATION OF SOIL SCIENCE
- GEOG 451 — REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT I
- GEOG 452 — REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT II
- GEOG 453 — SPATIAL ORGANISATION OF HUMAN SOCIETIES I
- GEOG 454 — SPATIAL ORGANISATION OF HUMAN SOCIETIES II
- GEOG 455 — POVERTY AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT
- GEOG 456 — RURAL DEVELOPMENT EXPERIENCES
- GEOG 457 — INDUSTRIAL GEOGRAPHY
- GEOG 458 — INDUSTRIALIZATION AND DEVELOPMENT
- GEOG 459 — MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY
- GEOG 460 — HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT
- GEOG 461 — POPULATION GEOGRAPHY
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