Urban layers of political rupture: the ‘new’ politics of Addis Ababa’s megaprojects
Urban layers of political rupture: the ‘new’ politics of Addis Ababa’s megaprojects
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城市层面的政治断裂：亚的斯亚贝巴大型项目的“新”政治
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2020
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Biruk Terrefe
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摘要：从德格为阅兵而修复的梅斯克尔广场、梅莱斯·泽纳维的轻轨交通 (LRT) 和公寓社会住房项目，到阿比·艾哈迈德的高端豪华房地产和城市旅游计划，大型项目已经将埃塞俄比亚的政治历史瓦解为不断变化的意识形态和新优先事项的城市拼凑。在这个政治断裂和连续性问题变得突出的关键时刻，本文探讨了我们可以通过埃塞俄比亚最新的城市大型项目了解其政治动态。本文以“LaGare”和“Beautifying Sheger”为案例研究，认为亚的斯亚贝巴正在出现一种针对国内精英、埃塞俄比亚侨民和游客的新城市美学。总理阿比·艾哈迈德效仿海湾地区的豪华房地产项目和主要河滨更新计划旨在通过增加土地价值和城市旅游业来创收。与此同时，与当地利益相关者的包容性协商、与相关官僚机构缺乏协调以及高度集中的决策过程等问题让人想起埃塞俄比亚前政权的作案方式。这些城市大型项目是有用的分析镜头，可以将政治断裂与运营连续性分开。
ABSTRACT From the Derg’s restoration of Meskel Square for its military parades and Meles Zenawi’s Light-Rail Transit (LRT) and condominium social housing projects to Abiy Ahmed’s high-end luxury real estate and urban tourism schemes, megaprojects have collapsed Ethiopia’s political history into an urban bricolage of shifting ideologies and new priorities. At this critical juncture, where questions of political rupture and continuity become salient, this paper examines what we can learn about Ethiopia’s political dynamics through its latest urban megaprojects. Drawing on ‘LaGare’ and ‘Beautifying Sheger’ as case studies, this article argues that there is a new urban aesthetic emerging in Addis Ababa targeting domestic elites, the Ethiopian diaspora and tourists. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s Gulf-emulated luxury real estate projects and major riverside renewal schemes are intended to generate revenue through increased land values and urban tourism. At the same time, issues around inclusive consultation with local stakeholders, the lack of coordination with the relevant bureaucracies and the highly centralized decision-making process are reminiscent of the modus operandi of previous Ethiopian regimes. These urban megaprojects are useful analytical lenses to disentangle political rupture from operational continuity.
梦想地带：展望印度的资本主义和发展
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2014
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Cross Jamie
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Cross Jamie