Housing Development and the Public Transportation Mismatch: the Case of Addis Ababa Condominiums
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2019-06
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EiABC
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For the last decade, Condominiums were constructed and also in the process of construction in different parts of Addis Ababa. The city is going through condominium booms which partly alleviate the housing problem. Most of these condominiums are constructed at the periphery part of the city, further from the city centers, where most of the jobs and services are located. Yet, the public transportation, that many residents depend on to access their jobs is not available in abundance in those suburban locations. Nowadays updated level of public transit coverage in the city of Addis Ababa is not known. As a result, any intervention in this sector cannot be fruitful unless the level of the gap is known scientifically. The purpose of this research is therefore to evaluate the intensity of transit service availability in relationship to neighborhood socio-economic and demographic characteristics in all parts of the city specifically the suburban condominiums of Addis Ababa. Two methods were used in this study. The first method was Addis Ababa bus and LRT service index (ABLSI), this method analyzed Anbessa, Sheger and LRT transit service availability in terms of transit capacity, frequency and coverage score. After standardizing each capacity, frequency and coverage score the results were summed together to produce transit availability index in each 99 transit analysis zones (Woredas) of the city. The second method was simple regression analysis, using this analysis the magnitude of correlation between transit availability index and socio-economic characteristics were identified. Based on the analysis the first method result were identified, it showed that Low and almost no transit service has been available in the periphery condominium residential Woredas whereas in the inner part of the city Woredas low to high public transit service intensity was identified. The second method result also showed that the intensity of transit service availability index has positive relationship with the socio-economic and demographic characteristics of periphery condominium neighborhoods. The study definitely answered regarding to the intensity of public transit availability difference between inner city and periphery Woredas with condominium residential neighborhoods. It also answered the relationship between public transit availability index and socio-economic characteristics of the periphery condominium residential neighborhoods. Further studies are needed for Woredas that have low and almost no transit availability index route design.
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This Thesis is Submitted to the Ethiopian Institute of Architecture, Building Construction and City Development (EiABC) and to the School of Graduate Studies of Addis Ababa University in the Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Science in Urban Planning
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public transit availability index, , public transit mismatch, socio-economic characteristics, Condominium development, public transit mismatch, socio-economic characteristics