City Profile: Addis Ababa

Addis Ababa, the capital city of Ethiopia and the diplomatic centre of Africa, embodies a 130 years of development history that contributes to its current socio-spatial features. Its status as a primate city located at the heart of the nation has made Addis Ababa a melting pot of people with diverse background and geographic origins. Most of Addis Ababa’s development challenges can be attributed to its unplanned origin and growth, infeasible development strategies, lack of implementation capacity, and widespread poverty that has resulted in chronic problems in almost every aspect of the urban life. The reaction of the present government to these challenges is expressed in its growth and transformation programme that embrace the urban development agenda. The programme, and other planning related policies and prospects are reviewed in this profile. It also discusses the historical, demographic, socioeconomic and spatial aspects of Addis Ababa including the situation of informal settlements.◆

Abnet Gezahegn Berhe, Dawit Benti Erena, Imam Mahmoud Hassen, Tsion Lemma Mamaru, Yonas Alemayehu Soressa(2017) City Profile: Addis Ababa.

SES - Social Inclusion and Energy Management for Informal Urban Settlements

Project funded by the Erasmus+ Program of the European Union, and EiABC, Addis Ababa University.

http://moodle.donau-uni.ac.at/ses/