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Assessing Urban Land Utilization Using Geographical Information System
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