Essays about: "Ethiopia housing"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 essays containing the words Ethiopia housing.

  1. 1. The urban poor at a crossroads: exploring speculative urbanisation dynamics in Addis Ababa’s social housing programme

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

    Author : Gurkan Ongel; [2019]
    Keywords : Addis Ababa; Integrated Housing Development Programme; speculative urbanisation; gentrification; relocation; dislocation; spatial justice; urban poor; urban transformation; economic and social inequality; Ethiopia; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis reviews the impact and relevance of the Integrated Housing Development Programme (IHDP) on the economic and social wellbeing of the urban poor in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. By situating the programme’s performance from the perspective of its residents and the urban poor in speculative urbanisation theory, the study investigates the urban transformation dynamics it has created. READ MORE

  3. 2. Housing innovations in rural Ethiopia : A case study of how to make innovations accepted and sustainable

    University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för ekonomi, teknik och naturvetenskap

    Author : Signe Nilsson; [2016]
    Keywords : housing; rural; construction; innovation; diffusion; implementation; success factors; Ethiopia; low-cost housing;

    Abstract : A good product does not guarantee its successful adoption. This can be seen in a project in rural Ethiopia, in which a new type of house provides great advantages over current housing alternatives. READ MORE

  4. 3. Sustainable housing in Ethiopia : A diffusion analysis of the Adobe technique

    University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för ekonomi, teknik och naturvetenskap

    Author : Kaleb Ström; Pontus Petersson; [2015]
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    Abstract : The purpose of this study is to evaluate the diffusion of the Adobe sustainable housing technology in Ethiopia. There are multiple factors either generating or restraining the diffusion of the technology, these factors are viewed and analyzed by an Innovation theory. READ MORE

  5. 4. Adobe - Technology of Everybody : Low Cost Housing in Ethiopia

    University essay from Sektionen för ekonomi och teknik (SET)

    Author : Emma Allerbo; Hanna Waldemarsson; [2013]
    Keywords : Adobe; adobe block technology; Alem Maya; Asella; block; construction; construction technology; Ethiopia; mud block; low cost housing;

    Abstract : The traditional building techniques in Ethiopia today contain a lot of wood. Because ofdeforestation the forest cover in the country has been decreased. A part of a solution would bethe exclusion of wood in construction and then the adobe technology is a good alternative. READ MORE

  6. 5. Feasibility & design of PV-T polymer solar collector for real estate households in Addis Ababa

    University essay from KTH/Tillämpad termodynamik och kylteknik

    Author : Seyfe Hagos; [2011]
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    Abstract : A combined application of PV and polymer thermal solar collector (PVT) of solar energy for residential electricity and thermal demand can be harnessed sustainably with effective means at a time where long sun duration and most consistent solar irradiation throughout the year is available, in place like Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.Due to frequent power shedding though out the country which Addis Ababa is part of problem, because of the energy demand in the country is increasing and a source of electricity is merely dependent on hydro power of rain which droughts are occurring frequently affecting the generation of the grid. READ MORE