Spatial Analysis of Urban-Industrial Development in Ethiopia

Mulatu Wubneh is a professor (Emeritus) of planning at East Carolina University, Greenville, NC., and Ambassador Distinguished Scholar at the Gondar University, Ethiopia. He is the author of several books and articles on planning, urbanization, infrastructure and development in Ethiopia. Wubneh has also served as director and department head of the planning program at East Carolina University (North Carolina); an adjunct faculty at the Africa Center for Strategic Studies (Washington, D.C.); and as a program officer for the African Capacity Building Foundation (World Bank) responsible for projects in Kenya, Uganda, Nigeria and Ghana; and consultant at the World Bank, USAID, and the UNDP on African capacity building programs. In 2013 he served as a Fulbright Scholar at EIABC (School of Built Environment) at Addis Ababa University, and since 2018 he has been serving as an Ambassador Distinguished Scholar at the Gondar University.

• 1.Principles and Problems of Spatial Economy 2. Urbanization and Urban Development in Ethiopia 3. Socio-Economic Characteristics of Urban Areas in Ethiopia 4. Industrial Development in Ethiopia 5. Determinants of Industrial Location 6. Infrastructure and Spatial Development 7. Summary and Conclusion. Appendices: A Size of Urban Areas Under Study B. Variables Used in Principal Component and Regression Analyses C. Surveys D. Indices E. Questionnaires

Original Review of A Spatial Analysis of Urban-Industrial Development in Ethiopia:‘It provides a lucid and rational record of a practical research demonstration and evaluative study…The conclusions are solid and will be used as benchmarks for the study of Ethiopian subsystems for many years to come. This is an outstanding contribution to the body of literature on African urbanization and spatial planning and as such must be ready by all concerned with…development strategies in Africa.’ R.A. Obudho, African Urban Quarterly, 1988.