Factors contributing for the expansion of informalsettlements in jimma city

Abstract

The central focus of this paper isassessing the contributing factors of the informal settlement in Jimma city, Ethiopia. Informal urban land settlement is socially, politically and economically growing problem in Ethiopia. Informal land settlement is usually referred to residential areas where a group of housing units have been constructed on land to which the occupants have no legal claim, or which they occupy illegally. They are characterized mostly by the low quality houses and the lack of, or inadequate infrastructure and social services. This paper employeda descriptive research design and mixed research methodology. From a total of 1219 target population in the two kebeles , a sample size of 171 representatives have been determined for the specific study based on Purposive sampling technique.so It propose three steps: (1) collect information through questionnaire interviews, analyzing documents and field observation on the internal and external factors of informal settlements, (2) incorporate the collected data and models to analysis data, and (3) suggest the recommendation for improving effective land administration system with respect to informal settlements. As a finding, the problem of informal settlements in Jimmacity has been attributed to deficits in housing supply, high home rent and expensive land tender price. The final result shows that the selected study areas in this study are established on agricultural land informally purchased from farmers. The causes of such squatting activities are population growth, inefficient land provision, the high cost of urban living standard, and illegal land grabbing by urban speculators. Migration is one reason for population growth which is forced because of shortage of rural agricultural land. Informal settlements in the city could cause environmental deterioration, social distress, economic destruction (fire), and urban violence. Finally the researcher recommends that, the implementation of good land administration model is appropriate to reduce the major constraints