GEO1204 Political Geography

• Course Description: Economic Geography and Resource Management: This course covers the fundamental ideas of the economy and its operations, as well as their spatial distribution. By the end of the course, students should be able to generally categories economic activities as primary, secondary, and tertiary, as well as describe the non-environmental relationships within each category. Course Content: Economic geography’s definition, nature, and scope, as well as its branches, techniques, and themes, include resources, classification, and conservation. Interrelationships between humans and the environment, including determinism, possibility, and environmentalism. Primary economic activities include hunting and gathering, agriculture, and fisheries. Secondary economic activities include.
• Course objectives

By the end of this course, students should successfully be able to:

1. Define economic geography and its significance in understanding spatial distribution and economic activities.
2. Categorize economic activities into primary, secondary, and tertiary sectors.
3. Explain the non-environmental relationships within primary, secondary, and tertiary economic activities.
4. Discuss the interrelationships between humans and the environment, focusing on determinism, possibility, and environmentalism.
5. Analyze secondary economic activities, including manufacturing and construction, and their impact on spatial distribution

• Required Materials
• Textbook
• Maps and Atlases for economic geography
• Geographic information systems (GIS) and simulation software for visualizing geological processes.
• Journals
• Geographic models