Existing Status of Informal Settlement in Addis Ababa: The Case of Kolfe Keraniyo and Nifas Silk Lafto Sub Cityv
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2022-07-01
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Addis Ababa University
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In many developing countries like Ethiopia unemployment, poverty, poor living condition, lack ofgood governance are the major factors for the people to hold land informally. In the case ofAddis Ababa people occupy land both in the inner city and periphery areas but nowadays peoplemore prefer the peripheral area because in such areas it’s easy to hold land without thepermission of government official by dealing with land brokers and land speculators.The mainobjective of the study was to assess the current statues of informal settlement by looking up theirpattern and extent in kolfekeraniyo and Nifas silk lafto sub city. The research employedqualitative approach by using in depth interview, focus group discussion, observation and keyinformant interview as method of data collection. Informal settlers in the study area suffer frominadequate living conditions like lack of access to basic service and poor housing condition.Current political satiation also play great role in the expansion of informal settlement. Thefinding indicates that the number of informal settlement has been increasing at alarming ratefrom time to time this is due to unaffordable land price, unemployment, people perception ofland as means of making profit and poor urban land management system corrupt bureaucrat areamong the factors. In order to control the expansion of informal settlement government shouldformulate and implement clear and inclusive urban land holding policy.
Key word: informal settlement; informal settler; natures of informal settlement