Challenges and Achievements of Green Area Land Use Plan Implementation in Addis Ababa City Administration: The Cases of Yeka Sub-City
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2023-10
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Addis Ababa University
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Urban green areas are an essential component of urban land use plan that give multiple benefits and plays a great role for the livability and sustainable development of urban areas. But the implementation of urban green areas in the cities of developing countries, especially in Africa and Sub-Sahara African countries including Addis Ababa are under extreme pressure. Therefore, this study intended to analyze temporal green area land use plan implementation status in Addis Ababa, the case of Yeka Sub City. The studies assessed the achievements of green area land use plan implementation, plan implementation, follow-up and controlling mechanisms, and identify the key challenges of implementing prepared green area land use plan. To meet the intended objectives of the study both qualitative and quantitative research approaches and techniques were used. Both primary and secondary data were used to conduct research. The finding of the study revealed that the implementation status of urban green areas in Yeka Sub City is deprived. In the ninth master plan from the planned 4230 hectare of land 1915.75(43.72%) were implemented.; while in the tenth structural plan from the proposed 4,020.42 hectare of urban green area plan only 1765.83 hectares were developed/protected. On the contrary both in the ninth and tenth land use plan the percentage of other land uses are increased. The analysis result also shows that the availability of many institutions with clear mandate and legal frameworks, the land use plan and current greenery development activities are the main achievements of green area land use plan implementation. The result of the study revealed that Political interference and lack of political commitment, Poor institutional capacity and coordination, the expansion of unplanned settlements and limitation in applying urban green area planning and implementation principles like, multi-scale planning, participation, applicability and continuity are the major challenges that hinder the implementation of green area land use plan. Therefore, political commitment, reduction of political interference, institutional capacity building, fostering of institutional coordination, integration of urban green area planning and implementation principles and control of unplanned and illegal settlements expansion should be considered to enhance effective urban green area plan implementation.
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Green area, land use plan, plan implementation, master plan, structural plan