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Item The Causes and Consequences of Urban Land Market Failure in Oromia Special Zone the Case of Sululta Town(Addis Ababa University, 2020-12) Uma, Birhanu; Girma, Birhanu (PhD)To deal with the rapid urbanization the government of Ethiopia has been enacting regulations that mainly focused on restricting informal land transaction. Sululta, is one of the eight towns in Oromia Special Zone which was established in 2008 to restrict the fierce sprawl of Addis Ababa. Unlike all of these actions, the situation worsened and made the market to be dominantly informal and created bad morphological growths in the town. By observing the problem, this study has conducted to explain the major causes and the consequences of the market failure in Sululta town. Research approach of explanatory with survey methods were used in the research. Descriptive statics and analysis with detailed contextual reviews were widely undertaken throughout the research. The result of the study shows that, the major causes of the market failure includes: the inappropriate dominance of some of the actors; the unbalanced socio-economic characteristics of the actors and the illicit nature of the market actors; the poor performance of urban land management system and the ineffective land policies. Accordingly, the result of the explanation of the consequences of the failed urban land market includes: the rise of land price; rapid rate of urbanization; unsuitable settlement patterns; huge consumption of the natural environment and difficulty to implement urban plans are the major effects that are challenging the town. Finally the research recommends the reconsideration of the modalities of land provision with a very effective land management system that can insures the property holding rights of the citizens in order to solve this wide spread tragedy.Item The Challenges of Urbanization on Land Development and Management Systems. The Case of Sabbata Town(Addis Ababa University, 2020-06) Butta, Girum; Girma, Birhanu (PhD)Global drivers such as globalization, urbanization, economic reform and technology are challenging the way human kind relates to land. This challenging relationship calls for effective land management and administration. The aim of the research was to assess the challenges of urbanization on land development and management System in Sabbata town, Oromia, Ethiopia. The study used descriptive survey method and considered the use of both quantitative and qualitative types of data from primary and secondary data sources. From the subject of the study, questionnaires were used and interviews were made with different appropriate bodies. Moreover, the data was collected based on reconnaissance field survey that necessitated cross checking the provision of Sabbata structure plan or development plan concerning land development and management system practices with the ground reality and was analyzed through probability and non probability sampling technique by using random and purposive method of sampling. The major findings of the study show that the impact rate of urbanization(population and physical growth) on land development and management system in Sabbata town is neither efficient nor effective, considering their poor capacity to provide land development for different uses, poor land records, poor information, and management systems. There is also inefficient management of land resulted inequitable land markets (corruption) in the town. This resulted in reduced economic activity and low municipal revenue, there by hampering economic growth and land development and management system of the town. Thus, this study recommends the town administration should better strengthen the institution in all spaces thereby increasing its capacity to reach or realize efficient land development and management System through addressing all the recommended solutions and utilizing autonomous cadastre where different countries with it are experiencing improvementItem An Investigation of Community Participation in Integrated Municipal Solid Waste Management System in Lagatafo Lagadadhi Town, Oromia Regional State of Ethiopia(2020-06) Assefa, Mesfin; Girma, Birhanu (PhD)The environmental and health impacts as well as economic opportunities presented by waste management in the Lagatafo Lagadadhi town, one of the fastest and the emerging town in the Oromia National Regional Stat of Ethiopia, is not comprehensively and systematically studied. The purpose of this study is to fill this gap in the literature by investigating how solid waste is being managed within the context of community participation in the study area. The study employed a mixed method research using both quantitative and qualitative data. The quantitative portion which is descriptive survey helps to describe the phenomenon under study, and the qualitative data enriched the descriptions generated by and from the quantitative ones to landmark the study. The quantitative data was collected through questionnaire from 384 households; whereas, the qualitative data was gathered using structured interview with 5 key informants, one FGD which has 8 discussants, field observation at different times and various documents. The study reveals that community participation is dismally poor in solid waste management in a town with an average per capita solid waste generation rate of 0.41 kg/cap/day at household level. Although the composition varied due to seasonal conditions, food and biodegradable wastes comprised 76.5% of household wastes. The study shows that most of the solid wastes (49.6%) were burned at the household level and at the dump site. The town’s solid waste management budget, accounting about 11% of the municipality’s budget (less than half of the average for low-income countries), is woefully inadequate, to cover all operational costs related to Solid Waste Management. The improper management of the solid waste is adversely affecting the residents of the town through water and air contamination, drainage blockages, and the local economy. The study recommends that the improvement of solid waste management through increased coverage and community awareness concerning the segregation of solid waste in order to practice integrated solid waste management through community participation. Finally, the researcher calls on the municipality to implement the Integrated Solid Waste Management plan developed as part of this study.Item An Investigation of Urban Expansion Land Use Land Covers (LULC) Dynamics: The Case of Dukem Town, Oromia Special Zone(Addis Ababa University, 2020-11) Sisay, Girum; Girma, Birhanu (PhD)