Integrated Sustainable Development of Small Towns and Settlements

Abstract

When we develop big cities, we forget about small cities and settlements. The rate of development of small towns is very low. You can change the trend of improvement and prosperity: direct efforts to the development of small towns. In our research, we consider the village of Shalya. It has a lot of potential, but it needs a push. After a survey of the population and our research analysis, we have chosen a certain territory and directions for its integrated sustainable development. As a result, we justified our project in terms of marketing and economic aspects. The new facility with elements of digitalization in Shalya will contribute to the development of the city and the use of similar technologies. Citizens’ lives will improve.

The role of small town in household livelihood diversification in Ethiopia rural areas

“…According to growth pole theory, the development of social and economic activities in the small town will benefit smallholder farmers off their hinterlands (Vandercasteelen et al 2018). By creating job opportunities and none-farm activities in surrounding hinterlands (Shalina et al 2021;Woods 2018). Infrastructure such as all-weather roads, and transportation of the border are more directly relevant when formulating de-concentration policies (Albert and Benon 2016;Sadeghi and Branch 2021).…”

“…For example; job creation, participating in non-farm economic activities, input, output, and information flows are among the main linkage elements (Andersson Djurfeldt 2012;Braun and Diaz-Bonilla 2008). The development of social and economic activities in the small town will benefit household head farmers of their hinterlands (Vandercasteelen et al 2018), creating job opportunities to surrounding hinterlands (Shalina, Stepanova, and Drozdova 2021;Woods 2018). The small town provides the infrastructure to the hinterlands of the rural community such as all-weather roads, and improvement of transport of connection to their surrounding and smallholder farmers can diversify their livelihood from non-farm economic activities out of their farm (Albert and Benon 2016;Sadeghi and Branch 2021).…”