Impact Of Informal Settlement On The Urban Development Of Gelan Town

Current one of the growing challenges of Gelan Town is the alarmingly increasing informal settlements.Informal settlement causes different impacts on the development of the Town like degrade the natural resource;-minimize the revenue of the Town and Environmental health problems to a human being,it was necessary to investigate the effects of intimate on urban development.This study aims to access the impact of the informal settlement on progress and also its upgrade,policy and ways to control as the significant finding.Qualitative and qualitative data were collected based on survey strategy from a total of one hundred sixty-one informal households,four officials,and two kebele administration through questionnaires,interview and observation.Furthermore,purposive sampling techniques used to samples from the target population.Because of the get more detail information about the impacts of informal settlement.The instrument used to collect primary source was questionnaires and structural interviews and secondary sources official documents used.The significant finding in this study was;poverty,migration,urbanization population growth,socio-economic and administrative factors would identify for the causal factors for the emergence and expansion of informal settlements.Main characteristics informal settlers in the Town were constructed house at night with low standards almost from mud and wood inadequate housing amenities,and the problems of infrastructures and public service in the locality examined significant aspects of informal settlement,upgrading,Eviction and Clearance of Informal settlements.Those problems create an impact on the country as a general and on Gelan Town specifically;such as social impact,economic impact and environmental impact.Significant issues associated with informal settlements in the study area,the following suggestions are forwarded the municipality should establish accurate and updated land information system by introducing cadastre,the strong linkage has to were created between the study area and the neighbouring rural kebeles.