Urban Land Management Policy under the Ethiopian Federation: The Case of Adama City
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2018-06
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Addis Ababa University
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Well-organized and valuable land management policy is indispensable for urban development and growth. This requires land policy making to be participatory, equitable, and transparent and the rule of law. The main objective of the study is to assess the nature and extent of urban land mangement policy making in the Ethiopian federation and the management of the same in the city of Adama.
However, in study area urban land mangement practices and processes have been prone to maladministration due to the absence of participatory policy making at local level. Participatory policy making at local level guarantees that political, social and economic priorities are based on wide-ranging consensus in society and that the voices of the poorest and the most at risk are heard in decision-making over the allocation of land. The researcher has followed the mixed research method. The primary and secondary data have been collected using structured, semi-structured questionnaires and interviews as well as reading materials of the target area.
There are several factors that influence policy-making at local government level, factor such as the constitution (the federal and State), political environment, financial environment, organized institution, capacity and community needs have a direct and significant effect on policy-making at this level of government. Capacity lacks probably consists of the factor that has the most detrimental effect on policy-making at local government level; and therefore the necessity for the relevant skills, knowledge and turn over relating to policy-making is indisputable.
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Urban land policy,Land policy