Accurate, current and complete information is indispensable for any effective intervention to
upgrade a slum or informal settlement. Our involvement in supporting informal settlement …

Ethiopia's rapid urbanization over the past two decades has led to the conversion of
agricultural land to urban use. However, this expansion has been largely unplanned …

Improved understanding the effects of urban planning in guiding urban growth is conducive
to the establishment of orderly spatial control systems. Few findings emphasized and …

Though Ethiopia is one of the least urbanized countries of the world, its urban areas are
expanding rapidly. Woldia, which is a Zonal town is no exception to this trend and situation …

The discourse on peri-urban land management frameworks cuts across different scientific
domains and different tiers of government. The complexities of constructing effective …

This study uses the city of Kumasi to explore two burning issues in urban Africa: a.
implications of public and customary land governance for wetland sustainability; and b …

Informal settlements continue to grow steadily in the urban and peri-urban areas of Ethiopia.
So, studying the main triggering factors for the emergence of such settlements is timely and …

The contemporary urbanization and its implication to land use dynamics especially in the
peri-urban areas are emerging as a cross-cutting theme in policy debates and scientific …

Incumbent governments commonly increase public expenditures prior to elections in order
to curry favor with voters and boost their chances of retaining office. This study, set in …

The issue of land governance is central to the New Urban Agenda and 2030 Sustainable
Development Agenda. Earlier studies have extensively reported the failure of land …