TO ASSESS FACTORS CAUSING INFORMAL SETTLEMENT THE CASE OF ARBA MINCH TOWN, GAMO ZONE, SNNPR, ETHIOPIA

Abstract

Informal settlements refer to those residential house units built on the public owned land without the legal claim or permission from the relevant authorities. Informal settlement is the current issue in Arbaminch town. The economic, social, demographic and political factors were cause of unplanned settlement. The main objective of this study is to assess the factors causing of informal settlements in Arbaminch town in Mehal Ketema, Dilfana and Woze kebeles. During this study the researchers used collected both primary and secondary data sources. In order to get data from selected 98 household respondents, questionnaires were prepared and delivered. Face to face interviews were also made to six municipality workers and Secondary source get text book, publishing and unpublishing material, internet and so on. The researchers analyzed the data quantitatively and qualitatively and presented using tables. The result has shown that informal settlements have social, economic and political factors causes in the study area. In the case of consequences of informal settlements environmental degradation, low quality of urban area and the rest of the society, they are causes of different socio-economic problem since they are living informally; they are difficult to control and manage them. Due to this conflict and different crimes are formed, by occupying the fertile and suitable development. To reduce an aforementioned problems resulted from informal settlement, the government has to either evict squatters from the public land, legalize and give title of formal rights or relocate them to other areas, the existing informal settlements need to be legalized and upgraded but their growth must be decompressed, this should enhance and scale up the supply of land to all people, particularly for the poor, otherwise the government has to reallocate the squatters to other areas.