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Assessing Urban Land Utilization Using Geographical Information SystemBy Vanum Govindu, Haftay Hailu G/Yohannes, Yechale Kebede Bizuneh
Abstract: In all urban centers of the Tigray region, Ethiopia in general, there is inefficient urban land utilization. Inefficient buildable urban land development and management is manifested in the form of vacant, partially utilized and underutilized lands. Most of these lands are exposed to urban sprawl, squatting and land speculation. Moreover, there is inadequate infrastructure provision, under regulation, and shortage of buildable lands; speculation and tenure insecurity are the problems of …
Published in Journal of Remote Sensing & GIS · Vol. 10, Issue 1, 2019 · pp. 9–23 Read article →
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Evaluating Building Density Analysis Using Geographical Information SystemBy Vanum Govindu, Haftay Hailu G/Yohannes, Yechale Kebede Bizuneh
Abstract: In Mekelle city, urban sprawl is continuously expanding to the surrounding hinterland at an alarming rate without considering the inner infill area of the city. Moreover, several numbers of developers and land speculator hold large tract of vacant land. This has resulted because land speculators buy large aggregation lands and develop small part of their plot and keep the land until the price rises up. And this creates low density …
Published in Journal of Remote Sensing & GIS · Vol. 10, Issue 1, 2019 · pp. 24–39 Read article →