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Regulating Urbanisation In Sub-Saharan Africa Through Cluster Settlements: Lessons For Urban Mangers In Ethiopia

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  • Davidson Sunday Ashemi ALACI

    (Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Federal Polytechnic Idah, Nigeria)

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Against the backdrop that urbanization in sub-Sahara African (SSA) countries, including Ethiopia, has occurred without the attendant growth and development spillovers; and that the inherent benefits of urbanization are threatened by the fast pace of urbanization, unparalleled speed and the uneven spatial spread, This paper posits that this challenge and indeed urban management can be address through a proxy regional planning tool; cluster formation. Settlement cluster formation that focuses on the potentials of small and medium towns. Small and Medium towns are supposed to represent a necessary link between the complex, sophisticated urban life and the simple, undiluted rural existence. They tend to combine the attributes of the two space-economies (Urban and Rural). They are, therefore, instruments through which the much desired rural-urban linkages can be strengthened for sustainable urbanization. The focus of the paper is on Regulating Urbanization in Ethiopia through Clustering of Settlements as a tool in Urbanization and Urban Management. Information and data assemblage was carried out through a review of urbanization issues; such as trends, local economic development opportunities, and urbanization options amongst others. This was further strengthened with a desktop analysis of pertinent government documents. The findings reveal that economic and settlement clusters within the framework of existing urban dynamism (small and medium town) can be formed in Ethiopia. It can serve as a reliable instrument for settlement stabilization and consequently sustainable urbanization. The paper recommends deliberate dispersal of mini-industrial and commercial corridors via Cluster formation as a major instrument for deflecting the army of migrants

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  • Davidson Sunday Ashemi ALACI, 2010. "Regulating Urbanisation In Sub-Saharan Africa Through Cluster Settlements: Lessons For Urban Mangers In Ethiopia," Theoretical and Empirical Researches in Urban Management, Research Centre in Public Administration and Public Services, Bucharest, Romania, vol. 5(5(14)), pages 20-34, February.
  • Handle: RePEc:rom:terumm:v:5:y:2010:i:14:p:20-34
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    1. World Bank, 2005. "African Development Indicators 2005," World Bank Publications - Books, The World Bank Group, number 13111.
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    2. Yi Peng & Qiping Shen & Liyin Shen & Chen Lu & Zhao Yuan, 2014. "A generic decision model for developing concentrated rural settlement in post-disaster reconstruction: a China study," Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, Springer;International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, vol. 71(1), pages 611-637, March.
    3. Yi Peng & Liyin Shen & Cong Tan & Dalu Tan & Hao Wang, 2013. "Critical determinant factors (CDFs) for developing concentrated rural settlement in post-disaster reconstruction: a China study," Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, Springer;International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, vol. 66(2), pages 355-373, March.

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    Keywords

    Rural; Urban; Linkages; Settlements; Cluster Urbanization and Ethiopia;
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    JEL classification:

    • R50 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Regional Government Analysis - - - General
    • R10 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - General

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