Peri-Urban Land Use Management and Decision Support in Ethiopia: A synthesis towards effective framework
Document type:
Konferenzbeitrag
Contribution type:
Textbeitrag / Aufsatz
Author(s):
Abebe M Wubie, Walter T. de Vries, Berhanu Alemie
Pages contribution:
100-104
Abstract:
Ethiopia faces increasing challenges in coping with high rates of peri-urbanization because the land management institutions are either focused on urban areas or on rural areas. Managing and controlling land use is therefore complex in per-urban areas, as it is often unclear which rules apply and how to derive effective decisions. The consequence of this uncertainty is a fast-increasing number of land conflicts and fast-growing informal settlements. To handle this situation, there is a need for an effective and efficient framework for land management practitioners in peri-urban areas. Current frameworks for land management include the land management paradigm (Enemark, 2005), responsible land administration (Zevenbergen, de Vries, & Bennett, 2015) and responsible land management (Walter T. de Vries & Chigbu, 2017; Walter Timo de Vries & Rudiarto, 2023). Although useful to design and evaluate multiple types of land management projects and interventions, these frameworks are not specifically customized for managing and assessing projects and interventions in per-urban areas. The core research question of this research is thus how to develop and test a framework for peri-urban land management, using best practices of other countries dealing with peri-urban land and situating these in the Ethiopian context.