CONTENTS
Acknowledgements i
List of figures vii
List of tables viii
Chapter 1 Introduction and Background 1
1.1 Introduction 2
1.2 Setting the scene 2
1.3 Urban land and urbanization 3
1.4 The global agenda 4
1.5 Supporting the global agenda 5
1.6 Research formulation 9
1.7 Research methodology 11
1.8 Case study description 14
1.9 Thesis outline 17
1.10 Summary and conclusions 18
Chapter 2 Integrating the layers: an analysis of urban land governance in
contemporary Ethiopia 19
Abstract 20
2.1 Introduction 20
2.2 Research Method 23
2.3 A conceptual debates on urban land management and governance 25
2.4 Results and discussions 29
2.5 Conclusions 38
Chapter 3 Evolving urban cadastres in Ethiopia: the impacts on urban land
governance 41
Abstract 42
3.1 Introduction 42
3.2 A background to urban land, cadastres and land governance 44
3.3 Research method 46
3.4 The Imperial Regime's Urban Cadastres 50
3.5 The Military Regime's Urban Cadastres 51
3.6 The EPRDF Regime's Urban Cadastres 53
3.7 Synthesis: urban cadastres across the three regimes 59
3.8 Conclusions and Key Lessons 63
Chapter 4 A socio-spatial methodology for evaluating urban land governance: the case of informal settlements 67
Abstract 68
4.1 Introduction 68
4.2 Conceptual underpinnings 70
4.3 Research methods 75
4.4 Description of the case study 78
4.5 Results 80
4.6 Discussions 85
4.7 Conclusions 90
Chapter 5 Developing an integrated conceptual model to understand types
on urban land governance across a continuum 91
5.1 Introduction 92
5.2 Theoretical perspective 94
5.3 Methodology 99
5.4 Results 101
5.5 Discussions 105
5.6 Conclusions 108
Chapter 6 Synthesis 109
6.1 Introduction 110
6.2 Main findings from the research 111
6.3 Implications of the results 114
6.4 Future research recommendations 117
Bibliography 119
Summary 137
Samenvatting 141
Biography 145
ITC Dissertation List 147