Bayuma Tefera Beyera, Abebe Birhanu Girma
Ethiopian Institute of Architecture, Building Construction and City Development, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia.
Heliyon. 2024 Oct 16;10(21):e39443. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e39443. eCollection 2024 Nov 15.
Informal settlements in developing countries' cities are becoming more and more widespread. The city of Burayu is no exception to this trend. To address the challenges involved, it is important to understand the reasons for the prevalence and perseverance of informal settlement. However, there is a lack of institutional and actor perspectives to investigate the process and factors driving the growth of informal settlement in Burayu city. This study investigates the process and precipitating factors underlying the growth of informal settlements based on institutions, structure and agency and social non-compliance perspectives. Primary data for this study were gathered via key informant interviews, questionnaires, and observations. Secondary data were obtained from the empirical data. This study revealed that local informal institutions such as social networking play a crucial role in the growth process of informal settlement by fostering an informal written contract of sale. The study also identified rural-urban migration, speculation, locational choice, and lack of good governance as precipitating causes for the growth of informal settlement. In addition, actors use formal institutional loopholes to engage in informal buildings. Therefore, along with government structure ineffectiveness, the behavior of informal actors' was also identified as an important, albeit often neglected, factor in the growth of informal settlements. Identifying the impact of various informal actors' behaviors on the proliferation of informal settlements is vital not only for improving relationships among actors but also for introducing relevant institutions to control informal actors to improve land governance.
发展中国家城市中的非正式住区正变得越来越普遍。布亚鲁市也不例外。为应对其中涉及的挑战，了解非正式住区普遍存在且持续存在的原因很重要。然而，缺乏从机构和行为主体角度来调查布亚鲁市非正式住区增长过程及驱动因素的研究。本研究基于机构、结构与能动性以及社会违规视角，调查了非正式住区增长的过程及促成因素。本研究的原始数据通过关键信息人访谈、问卷调查和观察收集。二手数据则从实证数据中获取。本研究表明，诸如社交网络等地方非正式机构通过促成非正式的书面销售合同，在非正式住区的增长过程中发挥着关键作用。该研究还确定了城乡迁移、投机行为、选址选择以及缺乏良好治理是非正式住区增长的促成原因。此外，行为主体利用正式制度的漏洞来进行非正式建筑活动。因此，除了政府结构低效之外，非正式行为主体的行为也被确定为非正式住区增长中的一个重要因素，尽管这一因素常常被忽视。识别各种非正式行为主体的行为对非正式住区扩散的影响，不仅对于改善行为主体之间的关系至关重要，而且对于引入相关制度来控制非正式行为主体以改善土地治理也至关重要。
