Regional planning deals with the efficient placement of land-use activities, infrastructure, and settlement growth across a larger area of land than an individual city or town. It also includes formulating laws that will guide the efficient planning and management of such said regions.
Colleges and Universities Offering Master of Philosophy in Geography and Regional Planning in Ghana:
UCC
Entry Requirements:
Candidates applying for each of the programmes must have at least a Second Class Lower Division degree in Geography or related disciplines including
Economics,
Sociology,
Development Studies,
Business Management,
Agriculture Science,
Mathematics,
Statistics and
Biological Sciences.
Applicants would also have to pass an interview to be conducted at the Department.
Programme Structure
Students have two academic years to complete the programme.
However, those who opt to do part-time will be given an additional year. The first year of the program would be used for course work which covers two semesters while the second year is devoted to the research component where students prepare a thesis based on an approved topic. Once the student completes the thesis it is submitted for assessment and, if the student is successful, an oral defense of the thesis is organized based on existing guidelines from the School of Graduate Studies and Research.
What is a geographical plan?
A map is a visual representation of an area a symbolic depiction highlighting relationships between elements of that space such as objects, regions, and themes.
Plans are a set of two-dimensional diagrams or drawings used to describe a place or an object or to communicate building or fabrication instructions.