A study on the living condition and the housing problem in central Gondar, Ethiopia

This paper aims at analysis of the housing conditions of a historical city Gondar in Ethiopia. Although rich in historical relics within a historical core formulated in the course of an imperial period since the 17^ century, the central zone of Gondar is suffering from the deterioration of urban blocks generated by a series of modern master planning since 1930\u27s. Repeated field surveys in situ revealed the typological nature of built environment as well as social characteristics of inhabitants residing there. Dominance of female population, juxtaposition of shady occupation and historical monuments, concentration of the poor depending on the informal sector, are the main points abstracted from the surveys. Coordination within public housing is the key for the amelioration of actual situation