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Title: | Special thematic issue on contemporary urban dynamics |
Editors: | Wubneh, Mulatu Rahmato, Dessalegn Pankhurst, Alula |
Year: | 2008 |
Periodical: | Journal of Ethiopian Studies (ISSN 0304-2243) |
Volume: | 41 |
Issue: | 1-2 |
Pages: | 231 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Ethiopia |
Subjects: | urban development urban economy neighbourhoods urban poverty burial societies |
External link: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/i40092157 |
Abstract: | This thematic issue brings together a number of articles on urban development and transformation in Ethiopia. Ethiopia is still among the least urbanized countries, even by sub-Saharan African standards, but it is experiencing rapid urban growth. Seven of the eight articles are on Addis Ababa, while the eighth examines economic activities in the country's ten urban centres - Addis, Arba Minch, Aksum, Bahir Dar, Debre Brhan, Dire Dawa, Fitche, Gondar, Kombolcha and Sodo. Contents: Preface (Yeraswork Admassie); The economic base of Ethiopian urban centers (Solomon Mulugeta); Historical development of Addis Ababa: plans and realities (Dandena Tufa); The informalization of urban service provisions and management in peri-urban Addis Ababa (Yirgalem Mahiteme); Urban poverty, environment and ill-health: a sociological analysis of exposure to environmental health hazards among residents of Akaki-Kaliti sub-city (Ezana Amdework); The gated communities of inner-city Addis Ababa (Yeraswork Admassie); The emergence, evolution and transformation of 'iddir' funeral associations in urban Ethiopia (Alula Pankurst); The role of 'iddir' in neighbourhood upgrading in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (Elias Yitbarek); Family disorganization in Addis Ababa: causes and consequences (Abeje Berhanu). [ASC Leiden abstract] |