Urban Land Management Legal and Institutional Framework from Governance Dimension - The Case of Gelan and Lega Tafo Lega Dadi Towns

摘要

Urban land legal and Institutional frameworks, synchronized for effective urban land management in most developing countries are highly constrained, to promote efficient urban land management. Therefore these papers critically assess the extent of good governance practices in urban land management legal and institutional framework the case of Gelan and Lega Tafo Lega Dadi towns, Ethiopia. The research approach adopted is qualitative and quantitative. The strategy used is mixed-method and the instruments employed were questionnaires, face-to-face interviews, focus group discussion, documents reviewed. The quantitative data sets obtained were analyzed using SPSS and the qualitative data were analyzed using content analysis. The results revealed that the urban land management process approach to address the quest of weak governance in urban land management through functional legal cadastre designed by government practically does not implemented. Urban land tenure rights in part do not legally recognize and protected in practice due to the absence of legal framework and policy which define the identity of the aboriginal community related to urban land. Undefined land for the public purpose can’t encourage landholders to efficiently use their land since public land to be transferred to undefined private users in name of public purpose. Finally, the processes for recognition of land rights were not in line with the norms of the people and the mechanisms to stop illegal land sales increase the trouble of the communities involved in urban land transactions and, the decision-making process in land use plan at town’s level was not inclusive.