Challenges and Opportunities for Urban Green Areas' Development: The Case of Cooperative Housing Green Areas and Street Trees in Nifas Silk Lafto Sub-City, Addis Ababa

As urban green areas are centers of public recreation and rendezvous, they should be incorporated in the city master plan in order to get proper management and development. However, these urban areas, especially cooperative housing green areas and street trees in Addis Ababa are facing problems related to their development and management. The prime objectives of this study are therefore to find out challenges and opportunities for the development and management of cooperative housing green areas and street trees. To deal the issue under study effectively, the study employed mixed research methods and used questionnaire, in-depth interview, focus group discussion, observation, and desk review for data collection. Therefore,the study is significant in terms of identifying the challenges and opportunities for the development and management of cooperative housing green areas and street trees in Nifas silk Lafto Sub-city within Addis Ababa