Enhancing Green Infrastructure of Addis Ababa Through the Reclamation of Derelict Land: The Case of ‘Bole-Qatla
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2018-04
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EiABC
Abstract
The urban population is expected to grow exponentially which impacts the livability, sustainability and future construction of urban settlements. Following that land is being developed faster today than ever before. This accelerated consumption and the resulting fragmentation of open land are the primary conservation challenges facing today. The reclamation of urban derelict land, subsequently is not gaining attention especially on government owned quarries in Addis Ababa.
Therefore, this study sheds light on the reclamation of derelict land to enhance green infrastructure coverage development of Addis Ababa the case taken on ‘Bole-Qatla’ neighborhood’. The research seeks to study the general status of the area, answer the quarry LULC (land use/ land cover) change during the years and to examine the integration as well as disorder of green infrastructure with the future mid-density development, and adjoining uses for transformation of the site. The main considerations for selecting the study area is that the government is undertaking a project without ESIA (environmental and social impact assessment) study and reclamation plan. In addition, it is an active quarry project which is allocated on a working landscape with inadequate social and physical infrastructure and a proposed site for future medium-density residential neighborhood. Meanwhile, the study used both primary and secondary data sources that are collected using field survey, interview and questioner. Moreover, the type of methodology used to conduct the research is an explanatory and descriptive method. The explanatory method is used to understand derelict land reclamation approaches with their respective advantages and disadvantages related to the character of the site and available resources while the descriptive method is to describe the overall state of affairs as it exists on the study area at the time of the study. Systematic random sampling which is a probability sampling method and purposive or judgmental method of non-probability sampling has been employed in this research.
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These 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 perceptions and practice submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Masters of Science (Environmental Planning and Landscape Design) complies with the regulations of the University and meets the accepted standards with respect to originality and quality.
Title of Thesis: Enhancing Green Infrastructure of Addis Ababa Through the Reclamation
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Derelict Land, Green Infrastructure, Quarry Reclamation, Urban Ecosystem, Buffer, Addis Ababa.