The transformation of Addis Ababa : a multiform African city /

The transformation of Addis Ababa : a multiform African city /

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Imprint:Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2018.
©2018
Description:1 online resource (214 pages) : illustrations, maps
Language:English
Subject:
Urban renewal -- Ethiopia -- Addis Ababa.
City planning -- Ethiopia -- Addis Ababa.
City planning.
Social conditions.
Urban renewal.
Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) -- Social conditions.
Ethiopia -- Addis Ababa.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12871684
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Other authors / contributors:Alemayehu, Elias Yitbarek, editor.
Stark, Laura, editor.
ISBN:9781527522725
1527522725
9781527508002
1527508005
Notes:Includes bibliographical references.
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Summary:Nowhere in Africa is urban development occurring as rapidly as in Ethiopia's capital city, Addis Ababa, at the present moment. During the last decade and a half, massive construction projects in housing, commercial buildings and infrastructure have transformed the landscape of the city, creating a social experiment that has never been replicated on such a massive scale in Africa. This volume, written by Ethiopian and Finnish experts in urban planning, architecture, geography, and ethnology, documents for the first time Addis Ababa's process of radical transformation. It asks how the city's poo.
Other form:Print version: Transformation of Addis Ababa. Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2018 1527508005

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