Explore the holistic perspectives of the study of environment. Study of environment is introduced through integrative perspectives emphasizing socio-environmental problems and solutions, action, actors, ethics.
Philosophy and natural resources: physical and biotic, geological factors controlling formations and distribution of mineral resources. Ethnography, human population-environmental interactions. Natural and man-made hazards.
The concept of sustainable environmental management: role of government agencies, NGO’s and individuals. Environmental Health Management.
This course introduces the students to the study of the physical environment and its effects on the humans. It lays emphasis on the integration of physical geography and environment to address the environmental challenges facing the world today. The course serves as a bridge between physical and human branches of geography. The learner will be introduced to areas of physical geography such as changes in sea levels, glacial and coastal environments and environmental hazards. Other areas relevant to environmental geography in studying the human impacts on the environment includes biogeography, geographical information systems, sustainability, natural resource management, environmental law and policy, environmental economics among others.