Urban and Regional Planning

Volume 9, Issue 1, March 2024

  • Research Article

    Hinterland Ecosystem Services Supply for Urban Residents: Application of Heckmans Two Stage Model for Contingent Valuation Study in Mekelle City

    Shishay Kiros Weldegebriel

    Issue: Volume 9, Issue 1, April 2024
    Pages: 1-11
    Received: 27 May 2023
    Accepted: 26 December 2023
    Published: 11 January 2024
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    Abstract: Ecosystems provide a slew of benefits, ranging from supporting social and economic growth to mitigating and adapting to climate change. Hinterland ecosystem services are vital for rapidly urbanizing areas, and the people who live within them. The ecosystem services used up in Mekelle city are provided from the adjacent hinterlands. The current situ... Show More
  • Research Article

    The Effectiveness of Land Use Administration and Governance on Controlling Urban Spatial Forms in Nairobi

    Mary Muthoni Mwangi

    Issue: Volume 9, Issue 1, April 2024
    Pages: 12-23
    Received: 15 November 2023
    Accepted: 6 December 2023
    Published: 18 January 2024
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    Abstract: It is recognised that in developing human settlements, the use and tenure of land should be subject to public control, since land is limited in supply. The demand for housing by the middle-income group in Nairobi, as in many other cities of the global south, is of a significant size, and growing at an alarming rate. This article demonstrates that t... Show More
  • Research Article

    Participatory Issues on Urban Upgrading Projects: The Case of 35 Meda LDP, Addis Ababa

    Tomas Girmay

    Issue: Volume 9, Issue 1, April 2024
    Pages: 24-34
    Received: 13 December 2023
    Accepted: 3 January 2024
    Published: 18 January 2024
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    Abstract: The Addis Ababa city government has taken urban upgrading as one of the major interventions to improve and maintain infrastructure and services for the benefit of the community and to make the city economically vibrant, socially equitable, and environmentally viable without relocating the local residents. It requires the need and interest of inhabi... Show More