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    Housing Condition of Industrial Parks Workers The Case of Hawassa Industrial park
    (Addis Ababa University, 2019-03-01) Selamawit Teku Jego; Imam Mahmoud Hassen
    Hawassa industrial park is one of the early developed industrial parks (inaugurated on June 2016 GC) found in the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples Regional State (SNNPR) of Ethiopia. Housing condition of Industrial park workers’; The case of Hawassa Industrial Park IV The park is specialized in garment production, and currently has 12,600 employees of which 10,000 are operators (low payed and nonprofessional employees) and 2,600 are professionals and expatriates. The number of employees are expected to grow to 60,000 in the next five years. Most workers have come from different rural area of SNNPR. There is none enough housing provided. The study focuses on housing condition of the low payed IP workers, unlike different studies made were related to industrial parks development economic impact and heath related issues. It assessed the physical, economic and social aspect of the housing condition of industrial park operation workers and analysed the socio-economic impact of the housing condition on the lives of these workers. The study finally forwarded possible solutions to the problems identified. The housing study was made on two purposively selected case sites (Adis Ketema and Dato Odahe areas of Hawassa industrial park employees living in both case study sites were interviewed and key informants ; Federal , regional and Zonal officials related to the study, landlords, Hawassa city administration, SMFI, the local micro finance institution were primary data sources to get an all rounded data. The study found out that the workers live in rental houses borderline affordable, however the housing scheme that is currently providing for HIP workers, aside from its inadequacy in terms of numbers has challenges of financial viability for the landlords. It also has limitations in fulfilling basic physical requirement of residence. Over crowdedness and lack of privacy was noted in these houses. But in spite of the poor housing quality and less services availability, large number of workers preferred to rent rooms in new expansion areas of the city: the rural neighbourhoods. The workers social and economic life has also been negativity affected due to their housing condition. The study finally recommended to the federal, regional and HIP system should do. Housing the IP workers need supported housing development with in and on the satellite towns would share the load. The housing development should not only be provided but must be integrated with services and infrastructures.
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    Potential of Housing Developments in Addis Ababa to Incorporate E- Working, E-Learning and Supportive Infrastructures. The Cases of Enderase, Mickey Lelandand Bole Arabsa Project 15 Condominium Sites, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
    (Addis Ababa University, 2019-02-01) Ayele Bedada Duguma; Imam Mahmoud Hassen
    Recent global technological developments are bringing Eco-friendly solutions to urban situation where there are ineffective uses of resource and loss of time. While there are local researches that studied housing developments from angles of open spaces, relocation, job creation and income generation, construction technology and etc., there are no studies in housing made through ICT and other related supportive infrastructures, regarding Homeworking and Learning from Home. This research studies the existing ICT and related technology types and the extent of their usage at three different condominiums in the city Addis Ababa in relation to e-learning and e-working in order to investigate the potential of housings in Addis Ababa to incorporate homeworking and learning from home activities. The research in general shades light on the potential of housing developments in Addis Ababa in terms of meeting the needs of residents in flexible living, working and schooling conditions. The research employs qualitative and quantitative data simultaneously. All household members from selected blocks are surveyed through interview while sampling of sites, blocks and households is done through random and systematic sampling. Key informant and resident Questioners are conducted through self-enumeration and Interviewer-assisted techniques in open and close ended formats. The research questions indicate four main areas: (1) the existing technology types and (2) the extent of their use, (3) favorability of selected housing developments for e-learning and e-working and (4) the future of housing development in Addis Ababa in meeting the needs of residents in flexible living, working and schooling conditions. Findings show, there are high potentials for e-learning and e-working at Enderase, Mickey Leland and Bole Arabsa project 15 condominium sites as most of the residents use internet, are computer literate and have expressed strong interest to engage in e-working and e-learning activities. Since almost all of the country’s universities are connected through an underground data cable and online education is being conducted at university levels, even without internet service, e-learning can be implemented though Ethernet by connecting housing with the universities. The research in general recommended the integration of technological organizations and innovation centers of the city during implementation of housing projects to upgrade housing developments. This furthermore allows residents to be effective and benefit from the global economy. Spatial recommendations of the research include: ICT infrastructure layout at different clusters of housing blocks, housing units, communal blocks and proposed supportive infrastructures through consideration of urban spaces and housing units’ arrangement during integration of ICT infrastructure; existing land use plan, if there is any, while introducing supportive and related infrastructures.