Community Situational Assessment for Eco-City Development Intervention: The Case of Gullele Sub-City, Addis Ababa
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2007-10
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
The whole idea of the eco-city concept revolves around three essential
interdependent elements, which are sound environment, economic viability and
provision of social services. The goal of eco-city intervention is to create better
socio-economic and physical environment that have long sustainability effect to
the beneficiaries. This study focuses on community situational assessment in
relation to the concept of eco-city perspectives by taking the case of Ketchene
area in Gullele sub-city. The objective of the study was to assess the economic,
social and environmental aspects of the study area using eco-city concept as an
assessment tool. The study is descriptive in nature and used both quantitative
and qualitative methods of data collection. The study revealed that the
respondents of the study area are living in extreme poverty and poor
environmental conditions confronting with physical problems such as lack of
access for social services, poor sanitation and waste disposal, unavailability of
greenery and open spaces. The survey also found out that most of the sample
respondents' houses are characterized by small size and poor quality design,
which is incompatible with the modern city plan. Besides, the majority of the
respondents are engaged in the informal small scale economic activities and
almost all of them are living in extreme poverty. As reported by the respondents,
the main reasons for their abject poverty are unemployment, shortage of raw
materials, production/ working place problem, lack of modern machinery,
shortage of capital, absence of credit facility and problems related to market. The
study further attempted to pinpoint implications for social work intervention to
improve the poor living condition of the respondents of the study area.
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Assessment for Eco-City Development Intervention