Thi« Rt: .. \e<irch ,i~:<JL'>· with urban e.\:Thu:.\i<111 ond i!s eJ.J,'('! 011 fiJ:ricttilur,.1/ land in Bahir Dar town. Sinc« i1.:.. c.•t:.:.bii::,/1,11c11J.. 11<.1i1ir Dar.tt» .. 'JI has experienced (1 horizontat phvsicu! expansion thut result di.rplctct11ne111 '!f ··/1~ rurai fiu1uJng r.r1m1111111iJ_1• in tlu: periphery from Tlwirj(;rmland As 11 result, about J.!1Jt51w,.pie displaced lrom sampled kebeh:» otGinbo! 10. Hider I I and '!'if1jn1f>l1 /·Yn111 tt.eso population» 1!1t1 researcher took f 1 ('-: househotds i(.'.n'Yi,t{ systematic random sampling techniques. ., he ,~.~11(r;J/ ctilll oj' (Ill' paper is to assess tlu: effecs» of e.re11n .... ·11Jn 11./' Hrtl!ir Da« town on tfi)plt1c.·e,l_Jt1rn1i11.~ communities. ln order to a/lain this inte,vded objective. nen·.1s<1r) data 11 "'" coltccsrd 11s11t~ (;IS and Remote -'<'11.lillg so.Ji ware. quustionnaire. i11u·rvi1:1·:,j11c11., gmup discussttm ondftot« t>l>,1t>rvt'J//on. 7'11'' .:uilcl'h'd dcu« 11·erc• unuiyzcd qn"fllilt11iw~i· ond q11,1lilu1hel)'. Based on the dot« unlt!ysi.> 1he.f<1/lowi11gji11dings 11·1•re generated ---- - Due to expansum ofnahir Dar town. l;uilr up area.' :trc:utly t•::1N111tled and 1111 thr• N11111·n~;' ;,,,,,_ built utr arras ll'<'tc decreased from year to yea« in ilw sutdy years, tho! is • .fi'11111 1957-J(J(J./. 11iis sideway or hortzoma; expansion consumed !Ji! 9.n1, hectare» of agricultura! fo11d /11 b<?N•'•'" 195-. JOO./ and from 1/11s residential 11n!c1.1 mnk Iha larges/ shurv 0/1111· tOt(I/ built 1111 UJ'f!Cf\. I hi» r~.·.tlwd 1hc pt'riµhi:r; fi1m11nx cummnniues to I>« joble»: and r)hli.<Jt!d to dep;~111J 1111 vnlnerabl« livehhood 1h111 tend to add up their /l<>W~r(l' a11d.fi1od insecurity. <i/l<!Jl leading to /0/'C('J tlisµl11L'l'ffl(:.?( ana brOtJKhl IN111<!ndo11s imnac: (HT 1}1~:1r ~1c.·011<>1n1c, social 011tl c11r1ro111J1•'11tu! conditionv Therefore. 10 compensate thi« negotiv« h'Jjl1r<:1;c.·1:. n<11171Ur1r; uctivities ,,Jw111d he 1J1<>111Q/i><I. i11fi·11slr11llut1.' cfe,·efo1111u.'11/ should be enhanced, aml there should be " aeed lo support· them i11 training. acces~ 10 credit /udliti.:.v fiJr the heifer im,•gro1ir>n <if the dr.)plm·1'</.fc1r111t-rv int» the n1:11· >n~r r!f' life in urban s1;·11/enu1111. More 1>l'i!r /1}1v111.1J1ni11i)truJ.<11·~ /.'!1lic)' 111<1k<1rs and otner concerned bodtes :"Jlt0111'J l'l1ctn¥e this trend and induce policies that iln11lenh)111 vertical growth ofthetown