Analyzing actors' interaction behavior in land transactions in informal settlement settings: A case study of Burayu city, Ethiopia.

ABSTRACT: Informality plays an imperative role in offering housing for households in developing countries when the formal market cannot provide enough to keep up with residents' demands. The actors' interaction, with one another, plays an imperative role in land transactions in informal settlement areas. As informal actors operate outside the formal land transactions their activities and methods of operation are rarely understood. Therefore, based on social network theory, this paper aims to identify and examine informal actors, their functions, interactions, and power relationships in informal settlement areas. To this end, this study employed key informant interviews, focus group discussions, structured questionnaires, and a review of published literature, as well as official documents. In the stu

SUBMITTER: Beyera Bayuma T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10558734 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature