Mulugeta, Solomon (PhD)Akayu, Aschalew2018-06-292023-11-192018-06-292023-11-192016-06-21http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/12345678/4916Throughout the world, we find human being residing either in urban or rural or in between urban fringes or rural fringes. Both urbanization and ruralism are counter competing areas whereas the area between is the field of contest As it is concomitant with socio-economic development, urbanization has a higher level of development in developed nations than under developed ones. In Ethiopia, although its level is the lowest even among other under developed nations, its rate, however, is the highest and made a country one of twenty-three countries experiencing fast urbanization in the World. As a matter of this fact, Bore Town is among the Ethiopian urban settings experiencing unprecedented rate of urbanization through expansion. Hence, the objective of this study was to assess the impacts of urban expansion on the livelihoods of farm households residing in the urban fringes of Bore Town, which is located in the Southern Oromia region of Ethiopia. This study was designed to investigate the land acquisition procedures employed by the town administration, sustainability of livelihood related support provided to dislocated farm households and good practices elsewhere as regards sustainable livelihood strategies. Based on the descriptive research design, the study had applied the mix methods of both Qualitative and Quantitative approaches. A household survey was conducted on 72 farm households heads sampled through snowball techniques and through employing key informants of the study. Primary data had been collected through questionnaire, semistructured interview guides, participant observation and focus group discussion while the secondary one was from different written and documented sources. Having analyzing the collected data through the SSPS, the finding of the study revealed that the land acquisition procedures adopted by the town administration take place in the absence of participation and consultation with affected farm households. Moreover, the acquisition of land for urban expansion has been taking place without any compensation for loss of assets and improvements made on the land that adversely affected the livelihoods of households and families residing in the urban fringes of Bore town. Hence, the livelihood of such community has been at the verge of risk. This negative externality was attributed mainly to lack of awareness (legal frame work), lack of good governance and lack of goodwill of town administration & lack of observance of existing rules and regulations on land expropriation from and compensation to farmers were determining factors. Thus, it is the recommendation of this study that there is a need to prevail urban good governance to curtail the problem, especially, following participatory approach on stakeholders, particularly, farmers, in to urban development plans and projects, land acquisition procedures should be implemented in accordance with provisions of the proclamations and regulations of the country that provide for commensurate compensation as well as the sustainable livelihood related support to farm households to be dislocated to give way for urban expansion . There should, also, be awareness of existing rules and regulations which guide expropriation from and compensation to farmers when their land is expropriated for public interest, there should, also, be consideration of the recipients' interests on kind and quantity of compensation to farm households, then, pre-trainings and post coaching need to be carried out to enable such community sustain and secure their livelihood in such changed and continuously re changing urban terrains. Keywords: urban expansion, expropriation, compensation, livelihoodenUrban ExpansionExpropriationCompensationLivelihoodThesis