GGH1502 - World Issues: A Geographical Perspective

Purpose: Global change and global problems, resource use and exploitation in both the physical and human resource systems; the conservation and sustainable development of the human resource base; techniques used for environmental monitoring. A selection of issues from the following: population problems, poverty, quality of life, urban problems, food, conflict and war, the energy crisis, air pollution, water pollution, land degradation, biodiversity, and the problem of waste. Students registering for this module are required to have regular access to a computer to download or read essential study material from the myUnisa module site.