But Ethiopia may also typify LMICs in terms of its developing economic status, restructuring, population growth and structure, urbanisation, and health needs.
The Great Depression and two World Wars shook the continent to its core, and rapid industrialisation and urbanisation saw the need for space in cities at a premium.
In general, jurisdictions with a high population density emphasise the influence of urbanisation on health need.
China says it wants urbanisation, and it certainly needs it.
Every tiny outcrop is farmed by smallholders.What Ethiopia needs is urbanisation, which generates new jobs and brings down family size.
Other important human related factors such as exceptional population growth, unplanned urbanisation and air travel needs to be considered in modelling studies [ 63].
Others blame urbanisation, because growing cities need more asphalt and other impermeable surfaces which will not absorb water that would once have soaked into the soil.
"African policymakers need to steer urbanisation from its current non-sustainable path towards healthier cities that ensure food and nutrition security, decent work and income, and a clean environment for all their citizens," says the FAO's Modibo Traore.
The government in the last few months has referred heavily to the need to accelerate urbanisation, and having a framework within which to enfranchise and give incentives to rural dwellers so that they can move is important.
With increasing urbanisation and climate change we need novel strategies for providing healthy and sustainable cities. Nature-based solutions (NBS) refer to actions that are inspired by, supported by, or copied from nature, and that are designed to address a range of environmental challenges in an efficient and adaptable manner, while also providing economic and social benefits.
