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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Sustain. Cities
Sec. Cities in the Global South
Volume 6 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/frsc.2024.1457336

The Effects of Informal Land Market on the Urban Land Development in the Rapidly Growing Urban Areas: The Case of Sululta Town, Ethiopia

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Birhanu G. Abebe Birhanu G. Abebe 1*Birhanu UmaDadib U. Dadi Birhanu UmaDadib U. Dadi 2AdaneObsie Obsie AdaneObsie Obsie 3
  • 1 Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
  • 2 Ambo University, Ambo, Oromia Region, Ethiopia
  • 3 Wollega University, Nekemte, Oromia Region, Ethiopia

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    Informal land market is one of the main challenges of urban land development in most developing countries like Ethiopia. For example, in cities adjacent to Addis Ababa, rapid horizontal expansion with varies land development problems are very common phenomena.The study was conducted to understand the effects of informal land market in Sululta town.Parameters such as: rate of urban expansion; density of the settlements; level of consumption of the natural environment and unsuitability were used to further study the problems.Geographic Information System (GIS), trend analysis models and overlay analysis with supportive literature reviews were carried out to answer research questions. The findings of the study show that, the town is experiencing low density urban growth, losing its ecological footprints and rapid horizontal sprawling. Effective land policy that can satisfy the ever growing land demand, building sound able formal land market system and application of predevelopment urban planning can be recommended for the local government.

    Keywords: Urban land development, Informal land market, Urban morphology, urban intensity index, dynamic degree urban expansion, Sululta

    Received: 30 Jun 2024; Accepted: 21 Oct 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Abebe, Dadi and Obsie. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Birhanu G. Abebe, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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