Course developed by Odufuwa, Bashir. O.Course edited by Samson B. Osoba.2025-08-122025-08-122021https://nou.edu.ng/coursewarecontent/TPM%20103%20MAN%2C%20LOCATION%20AND%20RESOURCES%20.pdf978-978-058-364-4https://nigeriareposit.nln.gov.ng/handle/20.500.14186/2152The course Man, Location and Resources (2 Units) - TPM 103 is a first-semester core course that carries two credit units for first-year level of the Transport Management undergraduate programme in the Faculty of Management Sciences at the National Open University, Nigeria. This course material/guide will enhance students’ knowledge towards understanding the relationships between man, location and resources. It examined the scope of human geography concerning man, resources and population issues. This course material is built partly on the notion that the location of resources is inevitable in man’s locational discourse. Its simplicity will foster your understanding of different types of environmental resources, population dynamics and how they (man, resources and location) interplay /relate with one and another.• Introduction to human geography. • Scope of geography and human geography. • Major sub-divisions of human geography: economic, population, political, urban, cultural, medical, social geography. • Spatial interactions: location/places and perception of environment. • Population growth, distributional patterns & characteristics of developed and developing countries. • Concept of population; population and location; population and development. • Population growth and factors affecting population. • Characteristics of developed countries. • Characteristics of developing countries. • Introduction to human settlements. • Evolution and types/patterns of human settlements. • Urbanisation and settlement environment. • Functions and challenges of human settlements. • Environmental resources. • Environmental resources, types and distribution: land, water, minerals. • Factors affecting resources utilization. • Energy production, consumption and development. • Sources of energy and problems/challenges.enTPM 103: Man, Location and ResourcesBook