Urban Poverty and Poor Housing Condition in Addis Ababa Metropolice Using Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System
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2008-07
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Addis Ababa Universty
Abstract
This study explores the urban poverty and intends to contribute to the study of the
phenomena of rapid urban poverty and poor housing condition in Arada and Lideta sub-cities
of Addis Ababa. The study was conducted on primary and secondary data collected from
various households of the sub-cities. Four hundred households were surveyed to investigate
the access to toilet, the status of the house, the water supply, socio-economic and sanitation
situation. The study was made urban land classification of Arada and Lideta using Remote
sensing technique and poverty area map using GIS technique. In order to achieve this
objective the collected sample of households, Aerial photographs, Ikonos image and other
data were analyzed. An overlay analysis is carried out by evaluating the layers obtained
according to their weight and the poverty susceptibility map is produced. And then classified
into four classes: low, moderate, high, and very high. From the result more residential parts
of Lideta sub city are found in the highest poverty area than Arada sub city. The major
reason for the occurrence of poverty area is their monthly income is very low and inadequate
so that they can not construct, buy, or rent decent dwelling unit. Furthermore, lack of
adequate sewerage and water supply, poor housing condition, over crowdedness are among
the main problems. Still more can be inferred that the surveyed households live in an
unhygienic and congested environment lacking the basic necessities of a healthy life. On the
other hand the remote sensing processed result reveals that the urban land classification area
changed through different period of time. Between 1965 and 1984 the built up area and the
road distribution had increased. During 1984 and 2004 the two sub cities had changed that
built up area and road distribution increased. Generally the magnitude of their problems is
worsening from day to day. To improve these conditions the community needs to be actively
participation with volunteer investor and small microfinance for the construction of houses
and financial advancement.
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Urban Poverty and Poor Housing Condition