摘要：By 2030 almost five billion people or 60% of the world population will live in urban areas. Even though urbanisation can be considered a positive development there are also major challenges that have to be addressed – especially in Africa where cities are ill-prepared to absorb the large-scale migration from rural areas. The Ethiopian government has recognized these challenges and is supporting the development of new urban centres that would help diverting migration away from Addis Ababa, the overcrowded capital city. In this article we use the example of the New Ethiopian Sustainable Town (NEST) to illustrate how existing vital challenges in Ethiopia could be addressed by means of an interdisciplinary model of urban development
