Proposal for development of an urbanized river basin occupied currently by slums under environmental risks and poverty redefined as a modern sustainable riverfront project targeting income generation schemes and investments.

1. SHEGER URBAN
ENHANCEMENT
PROJECT
NOVEMBER 2019

2. 1. Criteria for site selection
2. Alternative sites analyzed
3. Area selected: Background info and
key facts
4. Project components
5. Expected results
6. Investment required
7. Financial strategy
8. Risk analysis
9. Time Schedule
10.Institutional arrangements
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INDEX

3. PLANNING CONCEPT
Recovering the river to reconnect neighbourhoods within a framework of
environmental and financial sustainability
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4. 1. CRITERIA FOR SITE SELECTION
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A. Areas with potential for urban renewal or infill close to rivers.
B. Contaminated areas to demonstrated the suitability techniques
to cope with flooding, waste and liquid waste
C. Potential for land value capture recovering funds invested .
D. Possibility to créate green areas with pedestrian and bycicles at
city-wide level
E. Opportunities for job creation and urban economic
revitalization
F. Addressing social habitat challenges (slum upgrading,
relocation)
G. Availability of cultural values to preservation and identity
empowerment.
H. Feasibility to carry out a participatory planning process
I. Municipal agreement to maintain and manage the public
spaces created

5. 5
ONCESIONRIVERINTERVENTION
ERSTAKEHOLDER Ras
Mekonen
(under
Chinese
concession)
Agoza market
(after italian
consession)

6. 2 POTENTIAL SITES
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2
km
2 km

7. 7
City-wide connectivity
challenges

8. AGOZA MARKET

9. 9
North
section
South
section

10. 10

11. 11
RAS MAKONEN:

12. 12
INTERVENTION
AREA
Linear distance: 2 Km
Area impacted 180 has
Location UN Habitat intervention
2km

13. 13
UN HABITAT PUBLIC SPACE INTERVENTION.

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PROPOSED
INTERVENTIONS
Vehicular bridges
Peatonal bridges
Pedestrian-bikes
Border buffer zone
Center for waste treatment
Solid waste transfer station
Section
North
Section
south

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SECTION NORTH

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SECTION SOUTH

17. 4. PROJECT COMPONENTS
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Environmental management
• Waste wáter treatment
• Solid waste management
• Planting and forestry
• Green áreas created
Social promotion
• Job creation (cleaning and recycling)
• Housing (relocation)
• Urban upgrading (neighborhood
consolidation, renewal and infill)
Urban management &
beautification
• Protection of cultural values
(township and landscapes).
• Reconnecting neighbourhoods
(bridges)
• Pedestrian bike lanes linked to
public spaces
Institutional management
• Community participation and civic
engagement
• Project approval and management
• Infrastructure management and
maintenance
• Cost recovery and re-investment
• Staff training and capacity building

18. 5. EXPECTED RESULTS
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I. Environmental enhancement of riversides (waste wáter and solid
waste management. Job creation).
II. Reconnecting neighborhoods, improving traffic movement at
city-wide level (bridges)
III. Promoting cycling and pedestrian cultural (lanes)
IV. Contributing to create an affordable housing market (slum
upgrading and relocations)
V. Increasing real estate opportunities (urban renewal and infill,
attracting tourism investments)
VI. Protecting cultural values and empowering local identities
(architectural and landscape protection)
VII. Capturing land values for improving municipal finance (creation
of a revolving fund)
VIII. Municipal capacity buiding (staff trained and special units
created to run the Project).

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6. INVESTMENT REQUIRED
Urban consolidation (5M)
Urban renewal (20 M)
Vehicular bridges (4=28 M)
Peatonal bridges (8=16M)
Landscape intervention (3M)
Waste wáter treatment center (2M)
Solid waste transfer station (2M)
Pedestrian/bike lanes (2Km=4M)
Total: 80 millions

20. 7. FINANCIAL STRATEGY
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Kick-start funding covering basic
resources for 4 basic
components (50 M)
Relocation exercise
Recovering funds (30 M)
from different
components supporting
urban renewal programs
Next Project section
funded by the revolving
fund

21. 1. Relocation and compensations to
affected populations are considered
major threats to the project.
2. Challenges to decontaminate sites
and maintenance are also risky
factors
3. Affecting income generation
opportunities in the área, such as
shanty markets are also threats to be
taken into account
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1. Potential conflicts within city
administration departments (lack
of coordination).
2. Tension between central and
local powers,
3. Problems related to Project
ownership, management and
maintenance once finalized.
4. Difficulties to recover funds
invested
SOCIAL-ENVIRONMENTAL INSTITUTIONAL-FINANCIAL
8. RISK ANALYSIS

22. 9.TIME SCHEDULE (TBD)
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23. • Sheger revolving fund managed
by Addis Abeba City
Administration
• CA departments involved:
• Provate sector investment:
• Community engagement
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10. INSTITUTIONAL
ARRANGEMENTS

24. ANNEX

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ALTERNATIVESITESANALYZED

26. COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS.
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