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Department of Spatial Planning
RER

Guest researcher

Fields of work and research interests

  • Strategic planning for sustainable urban growth 

  • Investigating transitional zones and informal settlements 

  • Analyzing institutional frameworks and urban land management 

  • Exploring tenure systems, land use change, and policy impacts 

Publications

2025 

Tesfay, S.M.; Gebregiorgis,G.A.; Ayele, D.G. Peri-Urban Land Transformation in the Global South:Revisiting Conceptual Vectors and Theoretical Perspectives. Land 2025, 14,1483. https://doi.org/10.3390/land14071483 

2022 

Mersha, S., Mulugeta, S. & Gebremariam, E. Process of informal land transaction: A case study in the peri-urban area of Addis Ababa. GeoJournal 87, 2067–2080 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10708-020-10353-7 

2021 

Mersha, S., Gebremariam, E. & Gebretsadik, D. Drivers of informal land transformation: perspective from peri-urban area of Addis Ababa. GeoJournal 87, 3541–3554 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10708-021-10447-w