The course deals with the concept of resources utilization and resource management as well as risk analysis. Topics include the concept of rural resources and their management for planning and development; regional inequalities and peripheral areas in integrated rural development; land use development policies, strategies, and the impact of resource development on the environment; resource planning, administration and policy; social, economic, political and institutional framework for resource management in Africa and Ghana. 

Objective:To provide students with the understanding and principles of sustainable natural resource management. 

Mode of Delivery:The course will be delivered through lectures, field work, laboratory exercise, group exercise and presentations.