Essays about: "Ethiopia Wondimu Robi"

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  1. 1. Rapid Urbanization and Housing Shortage in Africa: : The Opportunity within the Problem for Ethiopia

    University essay from KTH/Bygg- och fastighetsekonomi

    Author : Ethiopia Wondimu Robi; [2011]
    Keywords : Rapid Urbanization; Housing Shortage; Ethiopia;

    Abstract : On February 2010, in a conference on the future of cities in London, United Nation‟s head of housing agency Anna Tibaijuka proclaimed that "After HIV and Aids, the biggest threat to sustainable development in Africa is rapid and chaotic urbanisation, because it is a recipe for disaster for increased tensions and pressure" (MacLellan, 2010). It is truly unfortunate that a word like urbanization that for centuries has represented better living standards and growth is now viewed as a threat to sustainable growth and likened to an incurable disease. READ MORE