Cover; Contents ; Abstract ; Acknowledgement ; Glossary ; 1. Introduction ; 1.2. The Research Process ; 1.3. Structure of the Thesis ; 2. Urbanisation in African Cities ; 2.1. Concepts from Urban Studies ; 2.2. Informing Urban Policy on Urbanisation
2.2.1. Beyond the Formal-Informal Dichotomy 2.2.2. Undoing the Modern-Traditional Division ; 2.2.3. Establishing Rural-Urban Linkages ; 2.2.4. Re-Framing Local-Cosmopolitan Constellations ; 2.3. Assembling Narratives of Urbanisation in African Cities
3. Accounts of Ethiopian Urbanisation 3.1. 1880-1936: Early Towns ; 3.2. 1936-1941: Italian Facist Settlement Plans ; 3.3. 1941-1974: Imperial Modernism ; 3.4. 1974-1994: Towns under Socialism ; 3.5. 1994-present: The Federalist Urban Network ; 3.6. Missing Accounts of Urbanism
4. Research Design 4.1. Applying a Case Study Methodology ; 4.2. The Case Study Site ; 4.3. Research Questions ; 4.4. Data Collection ; 4.5. Analytical Framework ; 5. Urban Planning in Bahir Dar ; 5.1. Traditional Land-Administration and Settling Practices ; 5.2. Italian Legacy
5.3. The Modernist Layout 5.4. Introducing the Kebele Administration ; 5.5. Contemporary Planning ; 5.5.1 The BDIDP ; 5.5.2 Urban Development Practice ; 5.6. Ruptures, Continuities and Parallels in Bahir Dar's Urban Planning ; 6. Everyday Urbanisation in Bahir Dar
