URBAN EXPANSION AND TfIE LIVELIITOOI> OF]'lTE P.ERl- CRBAN AGRICVLTORAL CO.NllVllJNTTY: THE  .  CASf; OF DESSIE

ADDJSIE, A RAGA \V

dc.contributor.author	ADDJSIE, A RAGA \V
dc.date.accessioned	2017-12-26T05:40:27Z
dc.date.available	2017-12-26T05:40:27Z
dc.date.issued	2017-12-26
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/8315
dc.description.abstract	Fhroughour its history Dessie town has undergone u horizontal expansion pattern. Present expansion program implemented by the Lown admiuistrarion is through intervention projects that arc large in scale and size. Kurkur, Tira, l~oru- Kclcmderebu. and Gcrad- / bclen are peripheries of the Lown where the largest projects of residential expansion art' being implemented dislocating the. fanning community from these 3f•~;R rh;s study invesiigatcs the cllccx.of the expansion Of the lOWll (/Jl the livelihood of the dislocated fanning community in these areas. Household survey, participatory group discussions and key informants interviews were used lo assess the situa.ion l he results of the study crisis. The coping mechanism/strategy adopted by the majority of (he dislocated farmers ;, cashal that is directly or indirectly dependent on agrirnlt111<:, which is being vanished in the ;i.rea. Dislocarion "program that may he proposed in the future needs comprehensive planning and implementation ro ensure community participauor. and create ultcruative Ii vclihood . • ~ .. Ahstracr indicated (ha( thq implcrncnted expansion program is not participatory and have marginalized the fanning community. The compensation schemes envisaged for the loss of assets excluded youth and women. The dislocation pro3rnm implcmemed is not rehabi'litarive and negarively affected the livelihood or the dislocated farming community. ' Furthermore, the study revealed that women and children arc major victims to livelihood	en_US
dc.language.iso	en_US	en_US
dc.subject	geography	en_US
dc.title	URBAN EXPANSION AND TfIE LIVELIITOOI> OF]'lTE P.ERl- CRBAN AGRICVLTORAL CO.NllVllJNTTY: THE . CASf; OF DESSIE	en_US
dc.type	Thesis	en_US