Revisiting "slums", revealing responses : Urban upgrading in tenant-dominated inner-city settlements, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Revisiting "slums", revealing responses : Urban upgrading in tenant-dominated inner-city settlements, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

slum, slum upgrading, tenant, inhabitants, urban space, housing, inner city, gentrification, activist network

About eighty percent of Addis Ababa’s settlements are considered “slum”. The study examines the phenomenon of urban upgrading in tenant-dominated non-planned inner-city settlements of the city. It focuses on tenants’ responses and spatial transformations. The phenomenon is investigated through the analysis of case studies located in three localities. The data are primarily collected through qualitative techniques supplemented by a quantitative technique. The investigation is carried out from the perspective in which upgrading is viewed as a process embedded in a dynamic context, rather than a decontextualised static project. Based on the case studies analytical generalizations are made.

Alemayehu, Elias Yitbarek

Norwegian University of Science and Technology - NTNU

2008

Røe, Bjørn. Adviser

en

Thesis

http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:no:ntnu:diva-2113

http://lallier.msh-vdl.fr/theses/items/show/876

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