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Ethiopia is a mostly agrarian rural country [1]: 135 with only its capital, Addis Ababa, having over 1 million people.However the urban population of Ethiopia has expanded dramatically, from 10.8 million in 2002 to 28 million in 2022, [2] a growth of 160%, which has resulted in the urban population as a percentage of the total population growing from 15% to 23% over the same time period. [2]
Rural-urban migration are leading factor on spreading urban crimes especially in Addis Ababa. It includes theft, smuggling and robbery. It includes theft, smuggling and robbery. It also affects housing, infrastructure, medical service, public schools and traffic policies as well as for social welfare.
As of 2022, Addis Ababa generates 29% of Ethiopia's urban GDP and 20% of national urban development. Over the last two decades, the city saw rapid socioeconomic changes and physical transformation marked by development-oriented government and the private sector. However, the city has experienced infrastructure, transport, services, youth ...
The Addis Ababa City Corridor Project, also known as Smart City Project, [1] is an ongoing urban planning project in the city of Addis Ababa initiated by the Addis Ababa City Administration in December 2022 to upgrade key routes and improve connectivity among the corridors. Due in 2025, the project aims to expand metropolis that incorporates ...
The impact of the calamitous rains that struck East Africa from March to May was intensified by a mix of climate change and rapid growth of urban areas, an international team of climate scientists ...
Sheger City (Amharic: ሸገር ከተማ, Oromo: Magaalaa Shaggar) is a proposed model of urban development established on 22 October 2022 that centers around the city Addis Ababa to provide influence and economic benefit for other satellite cities. The administration contains 12 sub-cities, 36 districts and 40 rural kebeles with its seat ...
Current urban housing stocks needs urge steps – both support the resident well-being and create sustainable cities. About 70% of housing units are requiring total replacement whereas 30% is in fair condition. 20–27% are in adequate sanitation and 19.4% in rural areas at national level. 43% of household use pit latrines without slab or open pit and 38% have not obtain toilet facility.
This led to more rural-urban migration in the newly liberated countries (Rakodi, 1997), and a stable decline in urbanization growth from 1950 to 1990 in South Africa. From figure 1 one can see that after the end of apartheid in 1990, the urbanization rate grow from 2.29% to 3.41%, while it continues to sink in the rest of Africa.