Causes and Consequences of Peri-Urban Land Conflicts in Ethiopia: The Case of Mekelle City
In Ethiopia, like in other developing countries, land conflicts in urban fringes are usually subject to severe disputes. Different land tenure and administration systems may clash as land use converted from rural to urban status, resulting in disagreements, contestations, and occasional violence. Ne...
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| description | In Ethiopia, like in other developing countries, land conflicts in urban fringes are usually subject to severe disputes. Different land tenure and administration systems may clash as land use converted from rural to urban status, resulting in disagreements, contestations, and occasional violence. Nevertheless, the specific reasons for peri-urban land conflict are not well understood in developing countries so far because of the political use of regularizing land tenure and the control exercised by a corporatist system of the government. Hence, accordingly, this paper explores the causes and consequences of peri-urban land conflicts in Mekelle City: Enderta district. A case study was used to answer the research question, while questionnaire and document analysis were the main sources of primary and secondary data. According to the research’s findings, overlapping legal and governance frameworks, a variety of property rights claims, local power dynamics, and self-serving individual interests are the main drivers of peri-urban land conflicts. Moreover, lowering tax revenue for the state or municipality, raising expenses, impeding investment, and causing conflict were the consequences of peri-urban land conflicts. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-81218f8847ac4c4f835bdd6f776a08a12025-02-10T13:25:31ZengSciendoBaltic Journal of Real Estate Economics and Construction Management2255-96712025-01-01131103010.2478/bjreecm-2025-0002Causes and Consequences of Peri-Urban Land Conflicts in Ethiopia: The Case of Mekelle CityAraya Negash0Girma Birhanu1Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, EthiopiaAddis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, EthiopiaIn Ethiopia, like in other developing countries, land conflicts in urban fringes are usually subject to severe disputes. Different land tenure and administration systems may clash as land use converted from rural to urban status, resulting in disagreements, contestations, and occasional violence. Nevertheless, the specific reasons for peri-urban land conflict are not well understood in developing countries so far because of the political use of regularizing land tenure and the control exercised by a corporatist system of the government. Hence, accordingly, this paper explores the causes and consequences of peri-urban land conflicts in Mekelle City: Enderta district. A case study was used to answer the research question, while questionnaire and document analysis were the main sources of primary and secondary data. According to the research’s findings, overlapping legal and governance frameworks, a variety of property rights claims, local power dynamics, and self-serving individual interests are the main drivers of peri-urban land conflicts. Moreover, lowering tax revenue for the state or municipality, raising expenses, impeding investment, and causing conflict were the consequences of peri-urban land conflicts.https://doi.org/10.2478/bjreecm-2025-0002informal settlementland conflictland rightsethiopiaurban fringe |
| spellingShingle | Araya Negash Girma Birhanu Causes and Consequences of Peri-Urban Land Conflicts in Ethiopia: The Case of Mekelle City Baltic Journal of Real Estate Economics and Construction Management informal settlement land conflict land rights ethiopia urban fringe |
| title | Causes and Consequences of Peri-Urban Land Conflicts in Ethiopia: The Case of Mekelle City |
| title_full | Causes and Consequences of Peri-Urban Land Conflicts in Ethiopia: The Case of Mekelle City |
| title_fullStr | Causes and Consequences of Peri-Urban Land Conflicts in Ethiopia: The Case of Mekelle City |
| title_full_unstemmed | Causes and Consequences of Peri-Urban Land Conflicts in Ethiopia: The Case of Mekelle City |
| title_short | Causes and Consequences of Peri-Urban Land Conflicts in Ethiopia: The Case of Mekelle City |
| title_sort | causes and consequences of peri urban land conflicts in ethiopia the case of mekelle city |
| topic | informal settlement land conflict land rights ethiopia urban fringe |
| url | https://doi.org/10.2478/bjreecm-2025-0002 |
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