Factors and actors of urban expansion: The case of Dukem Town, Ethiopia

Birhanu Girma; Bedane Shata; Girum Sisay

doi:10.29333/ejosdr/12591

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Birhanu Girma ¹ ^* , Bedane Shata ² , Girum Sisay ³

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¹ Associate Professor at Ethiopian Institute of Architecture, Building Construction and City Development, Addis Ababa University, ETHIOPIA² Adviser to Addis Ababa City Land Development and Administration Bureau, ETHIOPIA³ Lecturer at Institute of Technology (IoT), Ambo University, ETHIOPIA^* Corresponding Author

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Urbanization is continuous worldwide phenomenon which influenced by various economic activities. This study aimed to assess driving reasons and performers that throw in a bunch for the spreading out of Dukem Metropolis. The firsthand data sources were gathered by means of questionnaires and secondhand data sources were gathered from reports, legal documents, previous study documents, and socio-economic data. The findings of the study revealed that establishment of industries and industrialization, position of the municipality, and increases in populace dimension were the dominate factors for the expansions of the town. Besides, private investors, government officials’ brokers and speculators were the key actors for expansion of the town. Hence, monitoring and controlling horizontal expansion of the town using land use planning principles are the pinnacle remedy.

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urban expansion
factors
actors
peri-urban
Ethiopia

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EUR J SUSTAIN DEV RES, 2023, Volume 7, Issue 1, Article No: em0208

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Girma, B., Shata, B., & Sisay, G. (2023). Factors and actors of urban expansion: The case of Dukem Town, Ethiopia. European Journal of Sustainable Development Research, 7(1), em0208. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejosdr/12591

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Girma B, Shata B, Sisay G. Factors and actors of urban expansion: The case of Dukem Town, Ethiopia. EUR J SUSTAIN DEV RES. 2023;7(1):em0208. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejosdr/12591

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Girma B, Shata B, Sisay G. Factors and actors of urban expansion: The case of Dukem Town, Ethiopia. EUR J SUSTAIN DEV RES. 2023;7(1), em0208. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejosdr/12591

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Girma, Birhanu, Bedane Shata, and Girum Sisay. "Factors and actors of urban expansion: The case of Dukem Town, Ethiopia". European Journal of Sustainable Development Research 2023 7 no. 1 (2023): em0208. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejosdr/12591

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Girma, Birhanu et al. "Factors and actors of urban expansion: The case of Dukem Town, Ethiopia". European Journal of Sustainable Development Research, vol. 7, no. 1, 2023, em0208. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejosdr/12591