Informal Logics

Addis Ababa is largely the result of the juxtaposition between formal and informal planning. There have been various attempts to formally plan the city to counter informality and regulate the city. Ten master plans have been developed, the most recent launched in 2018. Though most have remained plans on paper only, some have left traces.

This juxtaposition between formal and informal planning has resulted in the creation of ten major urban typologies, namely: the informal city, the old city, the market city, the posh city, the industrial city, the cooperative city, the condominium city, the renewed city, the divided city and the shelter city. The dominant one, in which about 70 per cent of Addis Ababa’s residents live, is the ‘informal city’ ....Read more

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