Challenges and Opportunities of Urban Green Infrastructures in Inner Sub Cities of Addis Ababa: the case of Lideta and Kirkos Sub Cities
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2017-09
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EiABC
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Urban green infrastructures are essential elements of cities and contribute to the quality of life in numerous ways by maintaining and regulating the environment. However, increased urbanization and development have placed urban green infrastructures under extreme pressure, while unplanned urban growth has resulted in the loss of urban landscape and ecosystems. Among the Urban green infrastructures in Addis Ababa such as Street sides and medians trees, permeable pavements, recreational parks, and river banks have challenges in inner city Areas. This study has assessed Challenges and opportunities of urban green infrastructures in Inner sub Cities of Addis Ababa: the case of Lideta and Kirkos Sub Cities; specifically assessed urban green infrastructures and challenges of recreational parks, Street sides and medians trees, and Cobblestone roads of the study area. Thus, the study used both qualitative and quantitative approaches with case study methodology where questionnaires (majorly close ended), structured open ended interviews, and observation were used as data collection methods and the analysis was done by using SPSS and Arc GIS. The sampling techniques used to do this research were purposive sampling for selection of study cases, nonprobability convenient sampling for collection of data from park users, and Stratified random sampling to collect data about Cobblestone roads. Different challenges of recreational parks were identified such as social, economic, management, technical, physical, and environmental. Furthermore the study has revealed physical, management, technical, and environmental challenges are the challenges of street sides and medians trees, and cobblestone roads in the study areas. On the other hand the study has identified opportunities of UGIs such as UGI proclamations, standards, strategies, policies, and principles among others. Based on the findings of the study it is concluded that urban green infrastructures, in Inner sub Cities of Addis Ababa, faced different challenges including social, physical, economic, environmental, technical and management challenges. Therefore, recommendations are forwarded to address these challenges and bring Sustainable UGI development and management.
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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 Masters of Science in Environmental
Planning and Landscape Design
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challenges, opportunities, urban green infrastructures, inner cities, Addis Ababa