The Psychosocial Impacts of Urban Renewal-Induced Displacement on Resetteld People at Gurara Condominium, Woreda 02, Yeka Sub-City, in Addis Ababa
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2025-06-01
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Addis Ababa University
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Urban renewal is a process of redevelopment or renovating older parts of cities and towns,
including decay, inadequate infrastructure, and slum areas. Nodaway, urban renewal is an
important issue and unavoidable to ensure the competences of cities with global cities. The
study aims to explore the psychosocial impacts of urban renewal-induced displacement on
resettledpeople in Addis Ababa, Yeka sub-city, woreda 02, at Gurara condominium. The
study employed a qualitative research method with In-depth interviews, key informant
interviews, and FGD to collect relevant data. Among displaced members five individuals
were selected for an in-depth interview. Two focus group discussions employed, each team
had six members or with a total of twelve members. Five key informants selected to get deep
data. So, the data collected from 22 study participants. The primary participants of this study
are displaced households selected through the purposive sampling method, who have
knowledge and experiences. The results and the discussions parts of the study show that the
role of government in solving the negative challenges was insignificant and in such projects
community should actively participate, to alleviate the challenges. Therefore, the researcher
recommended to the concerned stakeholders to improve the psychosocial impacts of
relocation due to urban-renewal programs. Finally, the researcher also put crucial
implications for the next researcher, for education, urban policy implementation and for
affected communities.
Key words: Urban renewal, psychosocial, Redevelopment, impact, displacement and
resettlment.
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Urban renewal, psychosocial, Redevelopment, impact, displacement and resettlment.