Rapid urban expansion and the challenge of pro-poor housing in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
| Autor: | Edmond J. Keller, Edith Mukudi-Omwami |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Economic growth Poverty Sanitation business.industry 050204 development studies 020209 energy 05 social sciences Developing country 02 engineering and technology Development Public good Geography Urbanization 0502 economics and business Political Science and International Relations 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering Field research Population growth business Subdivision |
| Zdroj: | Africa Review. 9:173-185 |
| ISSN: | 0974-4061 0974-4053 |
| Popis: | A common challenge faced by countries in the developing world is to provide public goods such as housing and safe water and sanitation to rapidly expanding and poor populations in urban areas. This is a particularly acute problem when the process of governing is accompanied by unplanned urban population growth and the displacement of the urban poor while pursuing market-oriented development strategies without proper safety nets for them. The purpose of this essay is to critically assess the plight of the city Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in its efforts to address this issue over the past decade. The study, based upon field research conducted in 2015, concludes that while having had success in expanding the availability of the quantity and quality of low-income housing, the urban housing development programme has largely failed to directly address the housing needs of the poorest of the poor. In large measure, this is due to the enormity of the problem coupled with the limited capacity of local governance; issues relating to shortcoming in project design and planning; and conflicting objectives of different national planning units. |
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