Urban Population Of Ethiopia And Its Socio Economic And...

Today’s world society is rapidly becoming urbanite and such rapid urbanization comes up with its multi variant socio economic and environmental consequences. Among many variables characterizing urbanization in the century, the most prominent one is population growth rate. World urban growth population rate is about 1.8% where as that of Africa and Ethiopia is 4.4% and 5% respectively (UN- Habitat 2004/2005; PASDEP 2006). Though Ethiopia is one of the least urbanized countries where about 83.8% of population lives in the rural areas, it is one of the countries where high urbanization process taking place. Currently, urban population of Ethiopia is about 11.7 million. Studies show that the figure will increase to 17.8 million in 2015 and 22 million by 2020, with annual growth rate of 5% (yewoynishet, 2007; PASDEP, 2006). Over the years, rising population has led to unsustainable exploitation of natural resources for the consumption of environmental good and services. 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