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| Title: | APPLICATION OF GIS FOR URBAN PLANNING IN ETHIOPIA WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO ABATTOIR SITE SUITABILITY ANALYSIS FOR KULITO TOWN: AN EXPLORATION |
| Authors: | AYSHESHIM, MELESE |
| Advisors: | Ato Workshet Lamenew
Ato Teferra Sileshi |
| Copyright: | 2002 |
| Date Added: | 14-May-2008 |
| Publisher: | Addis Ababa University |
| Abstract: | In Ethiopia certain urban functions, particularly abattoirs even though their siting is a critical
environmental issue (EPA, 2002), are frequently observed being located incompatibly with the
surrounding geographic features. As a result, abattoirs pose environmental hazard to their
surrounding, and they are also affected by some nearby activities.
The implication is that each fiscal year NUPI, which is the chief urban development plan making
arm of the Federal Government of Ethiopia, would be confronted with problems of these kind to
which appropriate solution should be sought. However, it is admitted that the manual method
NUPI is currently using is not sufficient enough to cope with the increasing demand for siting
abattoirs. It is rather slow, error prone and laborious.
In an attempt to address such problems, the present study specifically explores the potentiality of
applying GIS for abattoir site suitability analysis, by taking a selected town of Ethiopia (Kulito)
as a case. A model for the analysis has been developed by working closely with knowledgeable
experts of NUPI in the problem area as well as reviewing relevant documents. The model was
then implemented using Arc View GIS Version 3.1. Based on the comments of NUPI’s experts,
the result was proved satisfactory and the method could be used for the designation of suitable
abattoir site for other towns with some modifications if necessary |
| Description: | A thesis submitted to the school of Graduate Studies of Addis Ababa University in
Partial fulfillment for the Degree of Master of Science in Information Science |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/1089 |
| Appears in: | Thesis - Information Science
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