Drivers of informal settlements at the peri-urban areas of Woldia: Assessment on the demographic and socio-economic trigger factors |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Ethiopian Institute of Architecture, Building Construction and City Development (EiABC), Addis Ababa University, P.O. Box 518, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia;2. Faculty of Social Science, Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Addis Ababa University, P.O. Box 1176, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia;1. Department of Land and Real Property Valuation, Bahir Dar University, Yibab campus, PO Box 5001, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia;2. Department of Engineering Management, University of Antwerp, Stadscampus, Prinsstraat 13, 2000, Antwerp, Belgium;3. Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Belgium;4. Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Bahir Dar University, Wisdom Tower, PO Box 79, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia;5. Department of Natural Resource Management, Bahir Dar University, Wisdom Tower, PO Box 79, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia;6. Department of Geography, Ghent University, 9000, Gent, Belgium;1. Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Madda Wallaby University, Bale Robe, Ethiopia;2. Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia;1. Ethiopian Institute of Architecture, Building Construction and City Development (EiABC), Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia;2. Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Belgium;3. Economics and Rural Development, University of Liège, Belgium;4. Department of Geography, Ghent University, Belgium;5. Center for Environment and Development, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia;6. Khuzestan Ramin Agricultural and Natural Resources University, Iran;7. Center for Development Research (ZEF), University of Bonn, Germany;1. PhD Candidate at DAAD Scholarship Programme in Collaboration with the Institute of Land Administration, Bahir Dar University, visiting researcher at Technical University of Munich, Germany;2. Technische Universität München, Faculty of Civil, Geo and Environmental Engineering, München, Germany;3. Institute of Land Administration, Bahir Dar University, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia |
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| Abstract: | 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. As a result of its rapid horizontal expansion and growth, Woldia is currently confronted with different types of urban problems. The emergence and growth of informal settlements is one of these challenges. To that end, this paper investigates the foremost demographic and socio-economic triggering factors that played key roles for the growth of informal settlements at the peri-urban areas of Woldia. In order to achieve the objective of the study, a questionnaire survey covering a total of 244 sample households was carried out in addition to in-depth interviews, FGDs and key informants. Accordingly, the income disparity; the rise in the lease price of urban land, and the meager compensation paid to peri-urban farmers during their lands expropriation are among the key economic drivers for the growth of informal settlements. Similarly, ever-increasing urban population and inefficient land provision, and lack of housing affordability compounded by the rise in the rental accommodation are the other triggers factors. All these factors, among others, point to the fact that socio-economic and demographic factors are all tied to the immediate growth of such settlements. Thus, lands at the periphery are misused and the situation has greatly contributed to the unlawful and rapid expansion of built-up areas in the city administration. |
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| Keywords: | Compensation Housing affordability Income Informal settlement Lease price Woldia |
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