Assefa Mehretu

Professor Emeritus at Geography, Michigan State University0 Followers

Assefa Mehretu applies creative solutions to the complex challenges within the field of geography. As a Professor Emeritus at the Department of Geography, Environment, and Spatial Sciences at Michigan State University, he has contributed significantly to the academic community. With a career that spans numerous years, Professor Mehretu has been instrumental in shaping the understanding of geographical phenomena and their implications on environmental and spatial sciences. His work at Michigan State University reflects a commitment to advancing knowledge and fostering a deeper comprehension of the intricate relationships between human activities and the environment.

Research Interests

Geographical phenomena environmental sciences spatial sciences human-environment interaction

Publications

1 - Ethnic federalism and its potential to dismember the Ethiopian state,Progress in Development Studies

Assefa Mehretu ,

, 113-133, 2012-06-28

2 - Towards Modeling National Preference Formation for Regional Development Policy: Lessons from Developed and Less Developed Countries,Growth and Change

ASSEFA MEHRETU , LAWRENCE M. SOMMERS ,

, 32-47, 1990-07-01

3 - Partners for Progress and Modernization: Rise and Fall of United States of America's Soft-power Relations with Ethiopia,Eastern Africa Social Science Research Review

Assefa Mehretu ,

, 51-77, 2013-06-01

4 - Structural Hegemony in the Economic Geography of Sub-Saharan Africa,Regional Disparity in Sub-Saharan Africa

Assefa Mehretu ,

, 15-36, 2019-06-04

5 - Disposable Cities: Garbage, Governance and Sustainable Development in Urban Africa by Garth Andrew Myers,Annals of the Association of American Geographers

Assefa Mehretu ,

, 464-466, 2007-06-01

6 - Approaches to Structural Readjustment and Regional Development Planning,Regional Disparity in Sub-Saharan Africa

Assefa Mehretu ,

, 143-171, 2019-06-04

7 - Towards a Framework for Spatial Resolution of Structural Polarity in African Development,Economic Geography

Assefa Mehretu ,

, 30, 1986-01-01

8 - Regional Disparity in Sub-Saharan Africa,

Assefa Mehretu ,

, 2019-06-04

9 - The Nature of the African Development Crisis,Regional Disparity in Sub-Saharan Africa

Assefa Mehretu ,

, 1-13, 2019-06-04

10 - Structural Hegemony in Sub-Sahara Africa: Implications for Readjustment of Polarized Economic Regions,Annals of the Association of American Geographers

Assefa Mehretu ,

, 257-274, 1989-06-01

11 - Fundamentals of Structural Hegemony: Theoretical Issues for Spatial Readjustment,Regional Disparity in Sub-Saharan Africa

Assefa Mehretu ,

, 57-91, 2019-06-04

12 - Empirical Regularities of Structural Hegemony: The Economic Geography of the Postcolonial State in Sub-Saharan Africa,Regional Disparity in Sub-Saharan Africa

Assefa Mehretu ,

, 93-141, 2019-06-04

13 - Structural Hegemony and Ecological Constraints in Sub-Saharan Africa,Regional Disparity in Sub-Saharan Africa

Assefa Mehretu ,

, 37-56, 2019-06-04

14 - A SPATIAL FRAMEWORK FOR REDRESSING DISPARITIES IN RURAL SERVICE DELIVERY SYSTEMS,Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie

ASSEFA MEHRETU ,

, 363-373, 1985-11-01

15 - Regional Disparity in Sub-Saharan Africa: Structural Adjustment of Uneven Development,Economic Geography

Simon Batterbury , Assefa Mehretu ,

, 179, 1989-04-01

16 - Time and energy costs of distance in rural life space of Zimbabwe: Case study in the Chiduku Communal Area,Social Science & Medicine

Assefa Mehretu , Chris Mutambirwa ,

, 17-24, 1992-01-01

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