Cities of Change – Addis Ababa : : Transformation Strategies for Urban Territories in the 21st Century / / ed. by Marc Angélil, Dirk Hebel.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus eBook-Package 2016
• MitwirkendeR: Albright, Raegan,; Anagnostopoulos, Dimitris,; Angélil, Marc,; Barthes, Anne-Charlotte Malterre,; Berhe, Selamawit,; Cherenet, Zegeye,; Christodoulou, Charis,; Delz, Sascha,; Desta, Tibebu Daniel,; Fei, Duan,; Fenu, Nicolò,; Ferraresi, Fabio,; Genini, Valentina,; Gimmel, Kathrin,; Giorghis, Fasil,; Graham, Sarah,; Grunder, Martin,; Hebel, Dirk,; Hehl, Rainer,; Heisel, Felix,; Himmelreich, Jørg,; Kastani, Jasmine,; Kokoula, Xenia,; Laureys, Sander,; Lecavalier, Jesse,; Lee, Hui-Ju,; Lewis, Lincoln Landon,; Maccioni, Laura,; Mumm, Imke,; Perotti, Eliana,; Polach, Tomas,; Scherer, Stefanie,; Schärmer, Christian,; Sewnet, Helawi,; Siress, Cary,; Stoll, Katrina,; Van Der Westhuizen, André,; Vrscaj, Simon Kramer,; Westner, Andreas,; Wisniewska, Marta H.,; Yearwood, Ronald Emerson,; Zebenigus, Darik,
• HerausgeberIn: Angélil, Marc,; Hebel, Dirk,
• Place / Publishing House: Basel : : Birkhäuser, , [2016]; ©2016
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Edition: 2nd and rev. ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (256 p.)

Addis Ababa is one of the fastest transforming environments on the globe and a prototype of an emerging territory. What can architecture and urban design as disciplines contribute to such transformation? According to which criteria can processes of the kind encountered in Addis Ababa be evaluated? And, how can all of this be steered? Aiming to identify sustainable strategies—rather than upholding an a priori vision of an ideal city—the publication acknowledges the heterogeneous conditions of urban territories. The book highlights questions of method and procedure that can be transferred to other ‘cities of change’. This revised edition covers recent developments, such as the increasing influence of China in African countries or the chances of high-density, low-rise developments.

Die äthiopische Hauptstadt Addis Abeba ist eine sich rasant wandelnde Metropole und steht prototypisch für ein urbanes Zentrum in einer Schwellenregion. Was können Architektur und Stadtplanung zu diesem raschen Wandel beitragen? Wie kann das enorme Stadtwachstum infolge von Landflucht und Bevölkerungsanstieg besser verstanden werden? Und: Wie lässt es sich steuern? Das Buch stellt einen Katalog von Strategien für die Städtebaupraxis außerhalb der alten Industrieländer Europas und Nordamerikas vor und gibt dabei den Planern allgemeingültige Methoden und Werkzeuge für dynamische Planungs- und Steuerungsprozesse an die Hand. Die Neuausgabe enthält Beiträge zu Neuentwicklungen wie etwa dem Einfluss Chinas in afrikanischen Ländern oder zu den Chancen durch urbane Nachverdichtung.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Mirror, Mirror, on The Wall -- Urban Laboratory – Addis Ababa -- Mirroring Research -- Stocks and Flows of People -- The Portrait of an Isolated Nation -- Integrating Urbanity -- Displacement on The Horn of Africa -- Capitals on The Move -- Proxemics -- An Imperial Colonial City in Africa -- Educity -- Stocks and Flows of Space -- Spatial Effects of Individual Home-Ownership -- Learning from Bole -- Addis 5000 -- Mercato -- Informal Cities -- Suburbing Addis -- In-Urbia -- Designing The Negative -- Transformalism -- Stocks and Flows of Material -- Dubai Fever -- Low-Rise, High-Intensity Urbanism In Addis Ababa -- Sudu -- Infrastructural Tales -- AddisBuilt -- Cement Dreams -- Stocks and Flows of Capital -- Beans or Butterflies -- Synergic Urbanism -- Poverty in The City -- Unite! -- The LPD Effect -- Addis 2020 -- Who Built This? China, China, China! -- Stocks and Flows of Information -- Genesis of The Ethiopian Institute of Architecture, Building Construction and City Development EIABC -- Mixcity -- Ethnic City: Ethnicity in The City -- Dynamic Plan -- Education in Ethiopia -- Linked Ethiopia -- Stocks and Flows of Energy -- Empowering a Nation -- Sol-Urbia -- Bottom-Up Solar Energy -- Selected Bibliography -- Actor-Network Acknowledgements -- Contributors -- Illustration Credits -- Backmatter