Version 1
: Received: 15 August 2023 / Approved: 15 August 2023 / Online: 16 August 2023 (11:30:14 CEST)
Version 2
: Received: 19 September 2023 / Approved: 20 September 2023 / Online: 21 September 2023 (14:10:55 CEST)
How to cite:
Mengistu, D.T.; Beyene, E.G.; Wang, X.; Zhao, S. Trans-Regional Railway Corridor and Its Implication on Urbanization. Preprints2023, 2023081157. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202308.1157.v2
Mengistu, D.T.; Beyene, E.G.; Wang, X.; Zhao, S. Trans-Regional Railway Corridor and Its Implication on Urbanization. Preprints 2023, 2023081157. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202308.1157.v2
Mengistu, D.T.; Beyene, E.G.; Wang, X.; Zhao, S. Trans-Regional Railway Corridor and Its Implication on Urbanization. Preprints2023, 2023081157. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202308.1157.v2
APA Style
Mengistu, D.T., Beyene, E.G., Wang, X., & Zhao, S. (2023). Trans-Regional Railway Corridor and Its Implication on Urbanization. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202308.1157.v2
Chicago/Turabian Style
Mengistu, D.T., Xingping Wang and Shengbo Zhao. 2023 "Trans-Regional Railway Corridor and Its Implication on Urbanization" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202308.1157.v2
Abstract
This article examines evolution of trans-regional Ethio-Djibouti railway corridor and its impact on urbanization. Exploratory and descriptive research methods were employed to examine the impact of this railway corridor. Case study also applied to examine eight selected intermediate cities. The article points out that, the Ethio-Djibouti railway corridor conceived different kinds of linear urban centers ranging from small towns to intermediate cities around stations. Those urban centers have been attracting industries along their fringes that leads to rural urban continuum ribbon urbanization. As the old railway line deteriorated, these linear urban centers on the railway corridor had also been declining from time to time. In 2011 new project was started to construct the Ethi-Djibouti standard gauge railway parallel to the old railway line. This new standard gauge railway infrastructure adopts ‘peripheral station’ development approach, which provides a room for width expansion for station based urban centers. It also attracts industries in a form of special economic zones, which causes for labour migration from rural and nearby small urban centers that caused rural-urban continuum of ribbon settlement; strengthen trade gate way for the landlocked Ethiopia that caused trans-regional integration.
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Commenter: Daniel Tasfaw
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