GEOG 479 — Environmental Ecology
Geography and Resource Development · University of Ghana
This course will examine global and national concerns on the problem of environmental degradation and pollution, from the ecological perspective. Causes of environmental degradation, solutions for restoring ecological equilibrium and Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) techniques will also be dealt with. Student field visits are essential. The outline includes realms of the physical environment, their general attributes in the unpolluted states, main global and national environmental concerns, their causes and implications, waste repeated disposal, municipal, industrial, toxic/nuclear, protecting the earth‘s physical environment, global conventions, national environment laws, non-governmental pressure groups and the conversation versus development debate.
- Credits
- 3
- Level
- Level 400
- Semester
- Semester One
Other courses on this programme
- GEOG 322 — Introduction to Resource Analysis
- GEOG 324 — Regional Geography of West Africa, with Special Reference to Ghana
- GEOG 326 — Research Methods
- GEOG 328 — Geography of Gender and Development in Africa
- GEOG 342 — Climatology
- GEOG 344 — Geographic Information Systems
- GEOG 450 — Long Essay
- GEOG 451 — Regional Development
- GEOG 452 — Techniques of Regional Science
- GEOG 453 — Geography of the Developing World
- GEOG 454 — Spatial Organisation
- GEOG 455 — Rural Resources Development: Theories and Policies
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Start freeCourse details from University of Ghana Volume 2 Handbook for the Bachelor's Degree: Course Descriptions for Programmes in the Humanities (2017).