In Search of a Development Paradigm: Two Tales of a City

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Title:	In Search of a Development Paradigm: Two Tales of a City
Author:	Ellis, Gene
Year:	1988
Periodical:	Journal of Modern African Studies
Volume:	26
Issue:	4
Pages:	677-683
Language:	English
Geographic term:	Ethiopia
Subjects:	fuelwood urban planning Development and Technology Agriculture, Natural Resources and the Environment Urbanization and Migration
External link:	https://www.jstor.org/stable/161326
Abstract:	One of the most pressing problems confronting development planners in Africa is how to increase local supplies of fuelwood. This article deals with the case of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, where the presence of a modest 'external aid' project by foreign embassies at the turn of the century led to the introduction of eucalyptus and to the beginnings of the forest that grew with the population over the years, and which supplied a major portion of the city's energy needs. However, the 1974 nationalization of trees led to a dramatic decrease in the Addis Ababa forest. The changes in the mid-1970s are still having a profound effect today, and the government has not been able to create alternative incentives that will sustain a viable fuelwood-supplying forest. Notes, ref.