Urban Land Management Challenges in Expansion Area of Addis Ababa: A Case of Kolfe Keranyo Sub-City
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2025-05-01
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Addis Ababa University
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In recent times, the urban land management system has been challenging in contemporary urbanization in Ethiopian cities and towns. This study assesses the urban land management challenges of the expansion areas of Addis Ababa City Administration using the Kolfe Keranyo sub-city as a case study. The study uses both quantitative and qualitative research approaches in relevant ways to meet the objectives of the study. The study used both primary and secondary data types to collect data from land management-related offices and customers of the office. Questionnaires and semi-structured interviews were used to collect primary and secondary data from the study areas. Also, the data collected through questionnaires were analyzed through descriptive statistics such as percentage, tabulation, frequency, pie chart, and bar graphs, and SPSS was employed to enter the data into the computer for analysis, and data collected through interviews were analyzed using the narrative description method. Result of the study shows that higher workload challenges, technology usage skill gaps especially in system digitalization, the structure of office and work follows is unstable, shifting issues in land coordinate, Conflicts issues around border areas shared with Oromia regional State, budget constraints issues to fill human resource gap and corruption are the main challenges of kolfe- keranyo sub city faces. the researcher would like to recommend, that knowledgeable, trained manpower, professional skills, and disciplined manpower and leaders are needed to achieve the objectives and goals of office urban land management, information land management should need improvement, which means any customer must access land-related issues using advanced technology rather than manual systems, a solution to reduce corruption and rent-seeking is ethics promotion office should be established at least in the sub-city level and also use advanced technology on land management issues.
Key words: Urban Land, Land Management, Urban Land Policies, Urban Expansion