An Assessement of Municipal Land Supply System in the City of Bishoftu
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2006-01
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
Population growth is the determinant force driving the demand for land for
residential development. Thus to cope up with the ever increasing demand for
land for residential purpose, especially in the cities of third world countries the
municipalities should have to be well-equipped to enhance residential land
delivery.
This study attempts to analyze primarily the causes of inadequate residentia l
land supply, and its effect in the city of Bishoftu by taking into account a fiveyear
data. To conduct the research survey method has been employed, and
additionally it was triangulated by interviews, physical observation and
documentary research. The analysis is made based on the available
information and the collected data, which elucidates a gap between the
demand and supply. In this research effort is made to analyze the situation of
land delivery system both in the rent and lease regimes.
The residential land supply is constrained among others, by mUltiplicity of
accountability of the municipality, poor institutional capacity, and lack of
strategy to address the low-income group, and competitive actors in the supply
of new residential land. However, not significant there is a sign of speculation
and hoarding. Thus, because the municipality is not adequately supplying
residential land as a subsequent effect illegal settlement on the out skirts of the
city have been expanding and market price for residential land is found to be
higher as compared to other cities.
The eviction of peasants living on the urban fringe is a lso one of the issues
assessed and it is found that the city is growing at the expense of the peasants,
since the compensation does not balance what they are forced to loose. The
rent rate in general is very low in the city, which in turn attract people for
speculation and hoarding. This is more likely in the case of lease regime.Thus to enable the municipality to supply residential land consistently in the
future multifaceted interventions will be a sine qua none. Among these, the
current multiple accountability of the municipality should be waived, low
income targeting strategies should be designed , deliberate policy reform or
regulations will be necessary and compensation of peasants should be
participatory, in its real sense, are worth mentioning.
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Municipal Land Supply System