Objective 

To discuss broad issues on the development and regional socio-economic growth in Ghana. 

Content

Concepts and models in geography and regional planning will be applied to specific case programmes/projects implemented at the national, regional, metropolitan, municipal and district levels. Also to be discussed are opportunities and challenges offered by the country’s physical environment; north-south development divide and implications for national cohesion; structure of the economy and implications for Ghana’s status as lower middle-income country; Ghana as an oil and gas economy; urban and environmental challenges and implications for quality of life; population dynamics including internal displacements and refugeesm; Ghana in a global economy; and rural/urban transport infrastructure and development. 

Mode of delivery

The course will be delivered through lectures, seminars, group discussion, fieldwork and practical or applied problem solving approach.