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Urban Issues in Rapidly Growing Cities - Planning for Development in Addis Ababa (Hardcover)
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Urban Issues in Rapidly Growing Cities - Planning for Development in Addis Ababa (Hardcover)
Series: Routledge Contemporary Africa
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This book critically assesses the complex urban issues, planning
challenges and development opportunities of rapidly growing cities,
using Addis Ababa as a case study. Just like other developing
cities, Addis Ababa is undergoing numerous natural and
policy-driven changes. This book analyses the effect of these
changes on urban management to allow better understanding of the
conceptual frameworks that define the everyday functions of rapidly
growing cities. It demonstrates that rapid urban growth has
simultaneously created opportunities for economic development in
the developing world as well as social, environmental and cultural
challenges causing a mismatch between demand and the supply of
services. The author argues that, by combining indigenous knowledge
and practices and contemporary planning principles, developing
countries can overcome challenges concerning environmental and
public health, transport congestion, rising rents and house prices
and lack of open space. Foregrounding the experience of everyday
citizens of the city, this book aids our understanding of the
nature of rapidly growing cities and outlines what needs to be done
so that the city meets the needs of the people. A unique
contribution to the literature on cities of the developing world,
this book will be of interest to students and scholars of Urban
Studies, Planning, Development Studies and African Studies.
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