Our guest Ernest Biney presented on January 11th. his PhD topic “Assessment of urban sprawl and climate change impact in Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis of Ghana” in the Department of Geography and Geology. The subsequent discussion of the work opened up new perspectives on the topic and brought new ideas.
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