..............................................................................................................................................................i Dedication..........................................................................................................................................................ii Acknowledgement.............................................................................................................................................iii List of Acronyms and Abbreviations..................................................................................................................iv List of Figures....................................................................................................................................................vi List of Tables....................................................................................................................................................vii Table of Content..............................................................................................................................................viii CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................... 1 1.1 BACKGROUND ........................................................................................................................ 1 1.2 CONCEPTUAL AND PERSONAL BASIS OF THE STUDY ......................................................................... 2 1.3 CLIMATE CHANGE, CITIES AND THE INCONGRUITY OF LEADING DISCOURSES ......................................... 3 1.4 RESEARCH QUESTIONS AND OBJECTIVES ....................................................................................... 6 1.5 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY ...................................................................................................... 7 1.6 RESEARCH STRATEGY ................................................................................................................ 8 1.7 RESEARCH SETTING: THE LOCATION, POLITY AND GEOGRAPHY .......................................................... 8 1.7.1 Population growth ................................................................................................................... 10 1.7.2 The residential pattern of Freetown.......................................................................................... 13 1.8 WHY THE CHOICE OF RESEARCH SETTING .................................................................................... 14 1.9 METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH ................................................................................................. 15 1.10 STRUCTURE OF THE THESIS .................................................................................................... 16 CHAPTER TWO: CITIES AND CLIMATE CHANGE A REVIEW OF THE THEORETICAL ISSUES ......... 20 2.

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