Problems and Challenges on Addis Ababa Land and Infrastructure Management: Towards an Information System Strategy
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2018-09-01
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
Information is a powerful resource in this ―information age‖. The form and tools to exchange
information and data from human civilization and industrial era and to current time is changing
drastically. Information system obviously played the vital role here. Most cities and
municipalities are currently adopting information technologies in their various activities to
achieve their targeted goals and objectives. Addis Ababa City Government, as well, currently
launched a GIS based land management information system and using it to register owned land
plots of the city. However, the general land and infrastructure management is suffering from
different problems and challenges. One of these problems and challenges is the crossing over of
infrastructures amongst the infrastructure. This crossing over impedes the development of
infrastructures of the city and also incurs a significant lose in different types of resources.
This research attempted to explore and empirically evidence those problems and challenges, the
major sources as well and propose an Information System Strategy as a solution. Mixed methods,
in which qualitative and quantitative approaches have been employed consecutively in this
research with a sequential exploratory strategy. In due course, the problems were found to be
renowned and generated basically from lack of exhaustive information about each of the
infrastructures, poor and traditional way of communication and information exchange, and selfgoal
centeredness of the bureaus. Eventually, it is divulged that the problems and challenges of
the crossing over can be resolved by formulating and implementing an Information System
Strategy. The key findings that the Information System Strategy solution should comprise are
acquiring comprehensive information, embracing them before getting in to the physical works,
creating integration with other concerned organs including the involvement of both regional and
federal governments.
Therefore, from the findings and results of the analysis of the data obtained from informal
discussion with the executives and experts in the area, interview and documents review, a high
level IS Strategy is proposed and evaluated against utilities it need to posses with the experts in
the area and IT professionals in the organizations.
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Problems and Challenges, Land and Infrastructure Management, Information System Strategy, Ict Usage in Infrastructure Management