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"The death toll from a collapse at a landfill outside Ethiopia’s capital has risen sharply to 113, an Addis Ababa city official said Wednesday, as the country began three days of mourning for victims who were mostly women and children. Saturday’s collapse of a mountain of garbage buried makeshift mud-and-stick homes inside the Koshe landfill on the outskirts of the capital." 
Katie Kershaw's curator insight,
March 31, 2018 3:36 PM
When I think of dumps or garbage I usually don’t think of them being deadly. Unfortunately in Addis Ababa, part of the dump collapsed and 113 people ended up dying. Not only did the collapse injure people, but it also wiped out the homes that surround the area. The lack of codes about infrastructure in the city is most likely the cause of this incident. There were no regulations about how garbage had to be dumped in order to keep it from collapsing. There were also no rules about how homes should be built or where they could be built. This article points out that there were attempts made in order to stop dumping at this particular landfill, but the dumping was resumed right before the collapse. The government also relocated some of the residents that lived by the dump, but were not able to move everyone before the accident. Although efforts were made to avoid a situation like this, the government wasn’t forceful or fast enough to prevent it. Many of the victims of this were women and children which is telling of the culture of the city. The women and children scavenge the landfill in order to find things they can either repurpose for themselves or sell to make money. The last section of the article also says that Ethiopia prides itself as being one of Africa’s fastest growing economies. But this incident shows that they still have a ways to go before they can become a more developed country.
tyrone perry's curator insight,
April 5, 2018 3:26 PM
Inside the Koshe landfill in Ethiopia, there were makeshift mud and stick homes. Residents say the collapse the has killed over a hundred residents could have been because of protests at another landfill and some blamed the construction at a new waste to energy plant at Koshe. families who lost loved ones haverecieved or will receive any where from $430 to $650 each and will be resettled permanently in the coming years. It is sad to see people living like this but most of all to see a government allow such situations to exist.
Matt Manish's curator insight,
May 3, 2018 12:08 AM
According to this article, Ethiopia has one of Africa's fastest growing economies. This tragic event makes me wonder about the spatial inequality of Ethiopia's capital city Addis Ababa. Especially, since capital cities in most nations are usually the most developed part of the country. It would seem that is a more highly developed area like a capital city in Ethiopia, that there would be more adequate housing for residents than a landfill, even if those residents are considered to be poor. From looking at this article it seems as though there must be a wealthier class in the city that is developing rapidly, while the poorer community is forced to live on the outskirts in the landfill. Hopefully a tragedy such as this one never happens again and more suitable housing can be found for the lower class in Ethiopia.
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The 19th century was a century of empires, 20th century was a century of nation states and the 21st century will be a century of cities... This outstanding infographic (courtesy of postscapes.com) begins with some information about our current state of urbanization. Did you know that 1.3 million people are moving to cities each week?! It then explains the need for smart cities and delves into what is required to establish these intelligent connected environments, how the smart city may take various forms in the developing worlds and what specific technologies are necessary to achieve such grand goals in practice. Via Lauren Moss
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