An Assessment Of The Legal, Institutional, And Geospatial Technology For Managing Urban Land In Addis Ababa And Adama, Ethiopia

Abstract

Securing land tenure is essential for any nation hoping to preserve its natural resources and prosper sustainably. When the state formally recognises a landowner’s rights, they are granted secured land tenure. People with insecure tenure may be forcibly removed from their land, which can result in starvation, poverty, and occasionally violent outbursts. The Ethiopian government established land registration and information institutions aimed at establishing cadastral system in order to address complicated land issues in Ethiopia. The establishment of a contemporary cadastral system necessitates extensive and efficient institutional, legal, and geospatial technology. The aim of the research was to assess the effectiveness of land registration and information institutions in terms of legal and institutional, geospatial technology, dispute resolution, and prevention measures for improving tenure security in Addis Ababa and Adama, Ethiopia. Twenty-one experts from the land registration and information bureau completed closed-ended questionnaires providing quantitative data, which was tabulated and presented in a table. The research findings demonstrated that land registration and information institutions in the study area had implemented effective practices related to geospatial technology (80%), legal and institutional frameworks (74%), and dispute resolution and prevention (71%), all of which improve urban tenure security. The study suggests that the Ethiopian government should support the current procedures pertaining to geospatial technology, legal and institutional frameworks, as well as dispute resolution and prevention within land registration and information institutions to further enhance urban tenure security.