the Expansion of Informal Settlements In Industrializing Cities In Ethiopia the Case of Hawassa
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2023-06-01
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Addis Ababa University
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The introduction of industrial parks in Ethiopian cities is one of the major changes currently made. There are twelve IPs working on different sectors. Hawassa IP is one of them and it focuses on textiles. The major objective of this study is to understand the expansion of informal settlements due to industrialization (development of IPs). Both primary and secondary data sources were used. Literatures, key informants, interviews and questioners were among the main data collection instruments used to examine and show the development of informal settlements due to urbanization/industrialization in the country and the city of
Hawassa particularly. Officials from Industrial Parks Development Corporation, workers from Hawassa city land administration, land brokers, kebele officials and key informants have responded to the interview questions .House owners at the selected sites and laborers who work at HIP participated in the questionnaire.
Data were interpreted through organizing, analysis, numerating and interpreting. The interview data was organized by grouping answers together across respondents. The questionnaire data were compared and tabulated in frequency tables and charts and supported by explanations. The findings of the study indicated that informal land transaction is a common practice on the peripheries of the city of Hawassa .Peri urban areas provide the opportunity to low class population to own land through informal land transaction. The study also found out that there is a significant migration of people to the city in search of job opportunity at HIP. As a result peripheries are home for thousands of laborers that work at HIP since they provide affordable rental rooms. Though informal land transaction is practiced at all the Peripheries even before the development of HIP, the emergence of HIP has contributed to the practice and the periphery close to the HIP is more exposed to informal land transaction. Based on the findings of the study, the author recommends to the Government (City land administration) and to the IPDC/HIP that Government should supply land with a minimum cost and at maximum speed. The community need to be informed about formal land development practices and need to have a clear understanding of the consequences at city level of informal changes that come with the development of informal settlements. IPDC need to engage in several projects to provide affordable houses/rooms for laborers so as to have a motivated workforce and remain competitive in the industry.
Key :word Industrial park, Hawassa Industrial Park, informal settlement, peri-urban areas