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Ethiopia’s urban expansion and development strategy has been based on the acquisitionof land by government from adjacent peri-urban areas. The land in the peri-urban areasis predominantly agricultural in nature, and it has been held by local farmers orlandholders. This article aims to examine the nature of urban expansion anddevelopment from the perspective of the land rights of the local peri-urban landholders.To achieve this purpose, it has employed a case-study approach. As urban territoryextends into adjacent peri-urban areas, the land rights of local landholders are expectedto be automatically cancelled and transferred to people who can pay for a lease. Thisshows that very little attention is paid to the land rights of local landholders inperi-urban areas in the process of urban expansion and development. Therefore, it is notdifficult to imagine that local landholders in those areas have a prevailing sense ofinsecurity about their land.
