ABSTRACT From the Derg’s restoration of Meskel Square for its military parades and Meles Zenawi’s Light-Rail Transit (LRT) and condominium social housing projects to Abiy Ahmed’s high-end luxury real estate and urban tourism schemes, megaprojects have collapsed Ethiopia’s political history into an urban bricolage of shifting ideologies and new priorities. At this critical juncture, where questions of political rupture and continuity become salient, this paper examines what we can learn about Ethiopia’s political dynamics through its latest urban megaprojects. Drawing on ‘LaGare’ and ‘Beautifying Sheger’ as case studies, this article argues that there is a new urban aesthetic emerging in Addis Ababa targeting domestic elites, the Ethiopian diaspora and tourists. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s Gulf-emulated luxury real estate projects and major riverside renewal schemes are intended to generate revenue through increased land values and urban tourism. At the same time, issues around inclusive consultation with local stakeholders, the lack of coordination with the relevant bureaucracies and the highly centralized decision-making process are reminiscent of the modus operandi of previous Ethiopian regimes. These urban megaprojects are useful analytical lenses to disentangle political rupture from operational continuity.

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城市政治破裂的层次：亚的斯亚贝巴大型项目的“新”政治

摘要：从德尔格（Derg）为参加阅兵而恢复的梅斯克尔广场（Meskel Square），梅勒斯·泽纳维（Meles Zenawi）的轻轨交通（LRT）和公寓式社会住房项目，到阿比·艾哈迈德（Abiy Ahmed）的高端豪华房地产和城市旅游计划，大型项目已将埃塞俄比亚的政治历史瓦解为城市意识形态转变和新的优先事项。在这个紧要关头，政治破裂和连续性问题变得突出，本文探讨了我们可以通过埃塞俄比亚最新的城市大型项目了解到的埃塞俄比亚的政治动态。本文以案例研究中的“拉加尔”和“美化希格”为例，认为亚的斯亚贝巴正在出现一种针对国内精英，埃塞俄比亚侨民和游客的新型城市美学。总理阿比·艾哈迈德（Abiy Ahmed）在海湾模仿的豪华房地产项目和大型河滨更新计划，旨在通过增加土地价值和城市旅游业来创收。同时，与当地利益相关者进行包容性磋商，与相关官僚机构缺乏协调以及高度集中的决策过程等问题，让人想起以前埃塞俄比亚政权的作案手法。这些城市大型项目是有用的分析镜头，可将政治破裂与运营连续性区分开来。缺乏与有关官僚机构的协调以及高度集中的决策过程，使人想起了以前埃塞俄比亚政权的作案手法。这些城市大型项目是有用的分析镜头，可将政治破裂与运营连续性区分开来。缺乏与有关官僚机构的协调以及高度集中的决策过程，使人想起了以前埃塞俄比亚政权的作案手法。这些城市大型项目是有用的分析镜头，可将政治破裂与运营连续性区分开来。