Exploring urban land use and illegal Settlement in case of Ethiopian municipal administration. This senior essay is submitted to the department of governance and development studies in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of bachelor art (Ba) in department of governance and development studies.

Abstract

In an urban area, land is a critical resource where all social, economic and environmental activities are involved. The studies indicate that currently, many urban centers are facing different challenges such as lack of institutional capacities, poor urban land market, weak urban governance, and poor land information system, which retired the desired outcomes of land as a basic resource. The objectives of this study are identifying the institutional capacity the municipality in Ethiopian towns, accessing the problem of good governance and evaluating the land information system of the municipality. Finding of the study show that the demand of land for residential purposes is increasing from time to time. but Because the demand and supply of land is not balanced leading to illegal settlements. The important factors contributing such problems include weak institutional capacity of municipality in the field of skilled manpower, and financial terms, poor land information system, lack of good governance with regard to transparence and accountability.it also indicate that the establishment of untendered housing are prevalent problems attributed to poor governance of urban land. Therefore, the town administration and the municipality along with other relevant stakeholders should work together so as avoid the challenges of as per the rules and regulations set to manage urban land use and to prevent the expansion of illegal settlements.