Institutions Governing Informal Settlements in the Peri-urban Areas of Ethiopia, the Case of Bahir Dar
Achamyeleh Gashu Adam
Urban centers across Africa and other developing countries are growing rapidly both demographically and spatially. The process of urbanisation is accompanied by the erosion of the existing local peri-urban land tenure relations and emergence of new and urbanized form of man to land relationships both with in the legal framework (formally) and outside the legal framework (informally). In the era of rapid urbaization, the transitional peri-urban land located between fully urbanized areas and rural areas which predominantly has been used for agricultural purpose and held by local farmers is the target area for informal settlement. Despite the fact that most governments in sub-Saharan African countries like Ethiopia are illinformed with respect to the social rules and institutions governing how people are acting in the informal settlement areas, informal settlements have their own forms of social ordering and systems. Actors in the informal settlement areas survive with their own initiative management system and land tenure relations. However, little in-depth research and analysis has been conducted on the actors involved in the informal (illegal and unauthorized) acquisition and development of peri-urban agricultural lands of Ethiopia. Also, research on what institutions are facilitating and regulating the process of informal acquisition and development of land in the peri-urban areas is very limited.
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