CSS134: Geography Of Nigeria
This course will give you an introduction to the nature of the physical environment of Nigeria and the resources which nature has endowed her with. It will also introduce you to the characteristics of Nigeria's population and settlements. Finally, it will introduce you to the economic activities or the ways in which people make a living. The course will relate all these various aspects of the geography of the country to the occurrence, causes, prevention and control of crime and threats to security.
In this course you will learn how the geography of a place is important to an understanding of crime and security threats in that place. You will see how the physical environment, population and economic activities of Nigeria present conditions and opportunities for crime and threats to security.
- Introducing you to the relationship between Criminology, Security Studies and Geography;
- Describing Nigeria's location in relation to the sea and its neighbours
- Describing Nigeria's physical environment and resources;
- Identifying, describing and explaining the main characteristics of Nigeria's human population and settlement;
- Relating crime and security threats in Nigeria to its location, relations with its neighbours, its physical environment and natural resources, its population and settlement patterns and its economic activities.