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Tadesse Amsalu Birhanu

Ph.D.

Professor

1. Gebru, M.A., Amsalu, T. and Nega, W. (2024), "Customizing a mass appraisal model for residential property tax assessment: a hedonic regression approach in Bahir Dar city, Ethiopia", Property Management, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/PM-06-2024-0058

2. Adane Mehari Getie & Tadesse Amsalu Birhanu (2023). An assessment of the Ethiopian national rural land administration information system conceptual model using LADM as a reference, Survey   Review, DOI: 10.1080/00396265.2023.2225266

3. Adane Mehari Getie, Tadesse Amsalu Birhanu & Teshome Taffa Dadi (2023) Analysis of the existing rural land legislations in regulating interests on land in the Amhara region, Ethiopia, Survey Review.   DOI: 10.1080/00396265.2023.2207068

4.  Adane Mehari, Tadesse Amsalu and Teshome Taffa  (2023). Rural cadastral implementation and its effect on women’s landholding use rights in Amhara region, Ethiopia, Land Use Policy,  127 (2023) 106556      https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2023.106556

5. Adane Mehari Getie, Tadesse Amsalu Birhanu & Teshome Taffa Dadi (2023) Developing a framework for assessing the efficacy of rural cadastral system in the Amhara region, Ethiopia, Survey Review, 55:389, 147-168, DOI: 10.1080/00396265.2022.2045456

6. 1. Gebreegziabher Fentahun,  Tadesse Amsalu, and Zewdu Birhanie (2022). Farmers’ perceptions about the influence of land fragmentation and land quality on sustainable land management in the upper lake Tana Basin: Evidence from Dera District, Cogent Economics & Finance,  Volume 11, 2023 - Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1080/23322039.2022.2160132

7. Didier Milindi Rugema, Tadesse Amsalu Birhanu & Gebeyehu Belay Shibeshi (2022). Analysing land policy processes with stages model: land policy cases of Ethiopia and Rwanda, Land Use  Policy:  Volume 118.   DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2022.106135

8.  Didier Milindi Rugema, Tadesse Amsalu Birhanu & Gebeyehu 
Belay Shibeshi (2022) Spatial aspect of fit-for-purpose land administration for emerging land administration systems: a conceptual framework for evaluation approach, Survey Review, 54:382, 79-92, DOI: 10.1080/00396265.2021.188123

9.  Asnake Mekuriaw & Tadesse Amsalu (2023) Assessing the effectiveness of community-based watershed management practices in reversing land degradation in the Finchwuha watershed, Gojjam, Ethiopia, International Journal of River Basin Management, 21:4, 697-709, DOI: 10.1080/15715124.2022.2079658

10. Zelelew, S.A., Abebe, W.B. & Amsalu, T.  (2021). Land-use cover change impact on Cranes nesting space in the Lake Tana Biosphere Reserve area, Blue Nile Basin. Wetlands Ecol Manage 29: 495–505. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11273-021-09796-7

11. Yeshimar Yigzaw,   Asnake Mekuriaw  and   Tadesse Amsalu. (2023).   Analyzing physical and socio-economic factors for property crime incident in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Heliyon, Volume  9. ,   https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e13282

12.  Tadesse Amsalu (2023). Revitalizing community forestry in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia: A property right perspective. . J. Agric. Environ. Sci. 8(2): 70-90.                  https://dx.doi.org/10.20372/jaes.v8i2.9117 

13.  Tadesse Amsalu and  Berhanu Kefale (2023). Resettlement and land rights: Implication on land use and land cover change in Ethiopia. J. Agric. Environ. Sci. 8(2): 111-137. https://dx.doi.org/10.20372/jaes.v8i2.9080

14.  Assefa Belay Mulaw , Tadesse Amsalu Birhanu and Melkamu Belachew Moges   (2023).  Land-based investment implications on land use land cover change and livelihood of the local community in Northern Amhara Region, Ethiopia.  J. Agric. Environ. Sci.  8(2):1-16   https://dx.doi.org/10.20372/jaes.v8i2.9032.

14. Adane Mengist, Tadesse Amsalu and Teshome Taffa. 2024. Communal Grazing Land Distribution and Land Use Conflict in East Gojjam Zone: Insight from Baso Liben District, north-western Ethiopia. Accepted for publication  in the Journal of Asian and African Studies. 

16. Berhanu Kefale and Tadesse Amsalu (2020). Does land tenure insecurity affect forest cover change? Evidence from Gerjeda State Forest in Ethiopia, Journal of Land and  Rural Studies, 8(2):101-120.
https://doi.org/10.1177/2321024920914781

17. Achamyeleh Gashu  and  Tadesse Amsalu (2018). Decentralized Rural  Land Administration in Ethiopia: The Case of Amhara Region, Journal of Land and Rural Studies, Volume 6,Issue 1: 34-49 
https://doi.org/10.1177/2321024917731841

18. Asamere Wolde, Tadesse Amsalu and Molla Mekonen (2016). Social and Economic  Impacts of Community Managed Reforestation and Regeneration of Forestry   Development, The Case of Humbo District, Ethiopia; Environment and Natural Resources Research, Vol 6 No. 4.
DOI: doi:10.5539/enrr.v6n4p36

19. Karlberg, V.L, H. Hoff, Tadesse Amsalu and others (2014). Tackling Complexity: Understanding the Food-Energy-Environment Nexus in Ethiopia’s Lake Tana sub Basin. Water Alternatives 8(1):710-734 https://www.water-alternatives.org/index.php/alldoc/articles/vol8/v8issue1/273-a8-1-6/file

20. Karlberg, V.L, H. Hoff, Tadesse Amsalu and others (2014). Policy Brief: applying the Nexus- Meeting Ethiopia’s Development Goals by Addressing Links Between Water, Energy and Food. Stockholm Environmental Institute, Sweden.

21. Tadesse Amsalu and Abebe Mengaw (2014). GIS based Soil Loss Estimation Using RUSLE Model- The case of Jabi Tehnan Woreda, ANRS, Ethiopia, Natural Resources, 5: 616-626
http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/nr.2014.511054

22. Tadesse Amsalu and Solomon Addisu (2014). A Review of Wetland Conservation and Management  Policy in Ethiopia, International, Journal of   Scientific  and research Publications: 4(9): 1-6    https://www.ijsrp.org/research-paper-0914/ijsrp-p33114.pdf

23. Mihret Mulugeta and Tadesse Amsalu (2014). Gender, Participation and Decision Making process in Farming Activities: The case of Yilmana Densa District, Amhara Region, Ethiopia. Journal of   Economics and Sustainable Development,5(1): 28-34  https://www.iiste.org/Journals/index.php/JEDS/article/view/10273/10478

24. Mihret Mulugeta and Tadesse Amsalu (2014) Women’s role and their decision making in Livestock  and household management. Journal of  Agricultural Extension and  Rural development, Vol 6(11):347-353. DOI: 10.5897/JAERD.0624   https://academicjournals.org/article/article1413988579_Mulugeta%20and%20Amsalu.pdf  

25. Stein, C., J. Baron, Likimyelesh Nigussie, Birhanu Gedif, Tadesse Amsalu, and S, Langan (2014): Advancing the Water Energy-Food Nexus: Social Networks and Institutional Interplay in the Blue Nile. Research For Development (r4D) Learning Series 2, CGIR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystem, International Water Management Institute (IWMI)

26. Tadesse Amsalu and Solomon Addisu (2014). Assessment of Grazing Land and Livestock Feed Balance in Gummara-Rib Watershed, Ethiopia. Current Agricultural Research Journal, Volume 2(2):114-122. DOI : http://dx.doi.org/10.12944/CARJ.2.2.08

27. Tadesse Amsalu and Birhanu Gedif (2018). Land, Landlessness and Poverty in Amhara Region. In  Land, Landlessness and Poverty in Ethiopia: Research Findings   from  Four National regional       States (Ed. Desalegn Rahmato),pp: 9-57,  Forum For Social Studies, Addis Ababa. 

28. Wudu Muluneh & Tadesse Amsalu, 2022. "Financing Urban Infrastructure through Land Leasing: Evidence from Bahir Dar City, Ethiopia," Papers 2211.12061, arXiv.org
https://ideas.repec.org/p/arx/papers/2211.12061.html

29. Tadesse Amsalu (2012). Wetland Conservation and Management Policy in the Ethiopian context. In Proceeedings of the second National workshop on ‘’Challenges and opportunities of water resource management in Lake Tana  Basin/Upper Blue Nile/ Basin Ethiopia.’’ 26-27 March 2012, Blue Nile Water Institute, Bahir Dar University (BNWI-BDU), Bahir Dar Ethiopia 

30. Tadesse Amsalu. 2023. Meta-Analysis of Socio-Economic Impacts of Land Fragmentation in Ethiopia. Funded by   GIZ Land Governance (LaGo)   project.  Addis  Ababa, 2023. This study has clearly indicated the  legal frameworks affecting  the magnitude of land fragmentation in the country and its impact on agricultural productivity. It has also highlighted the strategies for land consolidations. 

31. Tadesse Amsalu. 2023. Assessment on the current livestock grazing practice and perception of farmers on the pros and cons of free grazing on natural resource management and other socio-economic parameters: In search of empirical evidence for developing farming system based improved grazing strategies. Sponsored by GIZ CLM program, Addis Ababa, 2023.   

32. Tadesse Amsalu and Melkamu Belachew. 2020. Gap Analysis of Laws and Regulations Related to Natural Resources Conservation, Development and Utilization within Lake Tana Watershed (Ethiopia) and Legal Recommendations for Gap Closure.   Nature And Biodiversity Conservation, Union (NABU), Funded by the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ),

2

Achamyeleh Gashu Adam 

Ph.D.

Professor

  1. Minale, A. S., Alemayehu, Z. Y., Achamyeleh Gashu Adam & Bloor, M. (2024). Climate-change-driven land resources based conflict: Insights from North Wollo, Northeast Ethiopia. Sustainable Environment, 10(1). https://doi.org/10.1080/27658511.2024.2361563
  1. Turimubumwe, P., Achamyeleh G Adam, & Berhanu K Alemie. 2024. Managing public urban lands for sustainable urban development in Bujumbura, Burundi: The role of land administration system. GeoJournal, Vol.89, no.10 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10708-024-10998-8
  1. Behailu M.Degefie, Achamyeleh G Adam, Gebeyehu B.S. 2024.  Evaluation of the urban Land use plan’s effectiveness in achieving resource efficiency: the case of Bahir Dar city- Ethiopia, International Journal of Urban Sustainable Development Vol.16:1, pp17-34, DOI :10.1080/19463138.2024.2303503
  1. Achamyeleh G Adam & Teshome Taffa Dadie. 2023. Perspectives for Smooth Bridging of Dichotomized Urban-Rural Land Development in the Peri-Urban Areas of Ethiopia: Towards Continuum Approach. Journal of Regional Science, Policy and Practice: DOI: 10.1111/rsp3.12733
  1. Seidu E. Gebeyehu, Achamyeleh G Adam & Berhanu Kefale Alemie. 2023.The mediating role of governance in handling diverse and conflicting land interests in the peri-urban Ethiopia: A structural equation modeling analysis. Journal of Urban Affairs. DOI: 10.1080/07352166.2023.2274556
  1. Mitiku A Emiru, Achamyeleh G Adam & Teshome Taffa Dadi. 2023. Exploring institutional capacity of urban land delivery and administration for housing development in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia: Institutional analysis. Cogent Social Sciences, Vol. 9, http://doi.org/10.1080/23311886.2023.2278208.
  1. Achamyeleh G Adam .2023. Systematic Review of Changing land to people relationship and co-evolution of land administration. Heliyon, Vol.9,No6
  1. Achamyeleh Gashu Adam. 2023. Advances in Rights-Based Connections of Land and Migration Governance in Africa: Systematic Review of Research Needs and Policy Responses. Journal of Asian and African Studies, 
  2. DOI: 10.1177/00219096231188946
  1. Behailu M.Degefie, Achamyeleh G Adam, Gebeyehu B.S. 2023. Ethiopian urban land allocation policy and its contribution to urban densification.  Heliyon, Vol.9,No6 : 
  2. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e17557
  1. BEYENE, E., Achamyeleh G ADAM, A. G. & MINALE, A. S. 2023. Examining the practice of urban governance using UN-Habitat urban governance index in Gondar city, North West Ethiopia. Cogent Social Sciences, 9, 2208934 : http:/doi/10.1080/23311886.2023.2208934
  1. Achamyeleh G Adam, Alelegn W Agegnehu, Bayeh T Dessie, Amare S Minale. 2023. Responsible governance of land tenure in the context of agricultural investment from theory to Practice: Lessons from Ethiopia. Research in Globalization, Volume 6 : 
  2. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resglo.2023.100131.
  1. Achamyeleh G Adam, Alelegn W Agegnehu. 2023. Contract farming as an alternative to large-scale land acquisition and promoting inclusive and responsible agricultural investment: Evidences from Ethiopia. Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, Vol 30, No 3.
  1. Turimubumwe, P., Achamyeleh G Adam, & Berhanu K Alemie. 2022. Policy level analysis of public urban lands management in Burundi: insights for harmonization of policy frameworks. GeoJournal://doi.org/10.1007/s10708-022-10801-6
  1. Digafe, B. M., Achamyeleh Gashu Adam, Shibeshi, G. B. & Meshesha, M. A. 2022. Qualities of Urban Planning and the Conflict between Participatory Planning and Planning Standards: Evidence from Ethiopia. In: GEBREGIORGIS, G. A., GREIVING, S., NAMANGAYA, A. H. & KOMBE, W. J. (eds.) Planning Cities in Africa: Current Issues and Future Prospects of Urban Governance and Planning.
  1. Achamyeleh G Adam . 2022. Review of Land Governance Education System from the Context of Inclusive Land Governance: Lessons from EALAN. African Journal of Land Policy and Geospatial Sciences, Vol.5, No.3, pp651-662. 
  1. EMBAYE, Z. H. & Achamyeleh G ADAM. 2022. Prioritization of Water Use Rights in Ethiopia: Exploring the Perspectives and Practices in the Governance of Awash River Basin. Mizan Law, Vol.16, No1,pp93-128.
  1. Achamyeleh G Adam. 2020. Land Rights in the Peri-Urban Areas of Ethiopia: Insights for Reform. in: Muradu Abdo (ed.) Ethiopia's Urban Land Questions. Addis Ababa: Addis Ababa University.
  1. Achamyeleh G Adam . 2020. Understanding competing and conflicting interests for peri-urban land in Ethiopia’s era of urbanization. Environment & Urbanization, Vol.32, No.1, pp.55-68.
  1. Achamyeleh G Adam, Aline C., Hidaya K., Lilian M., Jossam P., Robert W., Prosper T.,  Zevenbergen J. 2020. Land Governance Arrangements in Eastern Africa: Description and Comparison.  African Journal of Land Policy and Geospatial Sciences, Vol.3, No.2, pp53-68.
  1. Achamyeleh G Adam.2020.   Urban Built-up Property Formation Process in the Peri-urban Areas of Ethiopia. In Seth Appiah-Opoku (ed): Land Use Change and Sustainability, IntechOpen, London, UK. 
  1. Achamyeleh G. Adam, Gebeyehu B. Shibeshi & Taye M. Belachew. 2020. Assessment of Land Governance Processes and Actors in Ethiopia. Journal of Land Policy and Governance, Institute of Land Administration, Bahir Dar University, Vol 3.No1
  1. xxii.       Achamyeleh G Adam. 2019. Thinking outside the box and introducing land readjustment against the conventional urban land acquisition and delivery method in Ethiopia. Land Use Policy, Vol.81, pp 624-631
  1. Habtamu S., Muradu A, & Achamyeleh G. 2019. Power of Land Administration under the FDRE Constitution. Journal of Ethiopian Law, Vol.31.
  1. Achamyeleh G Adam  & Tegegn , T. 2019. The Status Of Women’s Land Rights After Land Rights Registration And Certification program in Wonago District, Ethiopia. Journal of Culture, Society and Development   Vol. 50, pp1-10
  1. Ayalkebet Abayeneh & Achamyeleh Gashu Adam. 2019. The role of customary institutions in managing communal property in the pastoral areas of Ethiopia : cases from Oromiya region of Guji Liben Woreda. Journal of Land Policy and Governance, Institute of Land Administration, Bahir Dar University, Vol 2/1.
  1. Achamyeleh G Adam. & Tadese A. 2018. Decentralized Land Governance in Ethiopia: The Case of Amhara National Regional State. Journal of Land and Rural Studies,Vol.6(1),pp34-49 
  1. Achamyeleh G Adam.2017.   Peri-urbanization and New Built-up Property Formation Process in the Peri-urban Areas of Ethiopia. Journal of Land Administration in East Africa, Vol. 3:1. 
  1. Achamyeleh G Adam.2015. Land Readjustment as an Alternative Land Development Tool for Peri-Urban Areas of Ethiopia. Property Management, Vol.33:1.
  1. Achamyeleh G Adam 2014. Peri-Urban Land Rights in the Era of Urbanization in Ethiopia: A Property Rights Approach. African Review of Finance and economics, Vol. 6, No. 1, pp. 120–138.
  1. Achamyeleh G Adam.2014. Informal Settlements in the Peri-urban Areas of Bahir Dar, Ethiopia: An Institutional Analysis. Habitat International, Vol. 43, pp. 90-97
  1. Achamyeleh G Adam.2014. Land Tenure in the Changing Peri-Urban Areas of Ethiopia:The Case of Bahir Dar City. International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Vol. 38, No. 6.

 

Berhanu Kefale Alemie

Ph.D.

Associate Professor

  1. RM Bennett, BK Alemie (2015), Fit-for-purpose land administration: Lessons from urban and rural Ethiopia. Survey Review.: 48, 11-20.
  2. BK Alemie, RM Bennett, J Zevenbergen. (2015),  A socio-spatial methodology for evaluating urban land governance: the case of informal settlements. Journal of spatial science 60 (2), 289-309.
  3. BK Alemie, RM Bennett, J Zevenbergen. Evolving urban cadastres in Ethiopia: The impacts on urban land governance. Land use policy 42, 695-705.
  4. Mila Koeva, Rohan Bennett, Markus Gerke, S Crommelinck, C Stöcker, J Crompvoets, S Ho, A Schwering, M Chipofya, C Schultz, T Zein, M Biraro, B Alemie, R Wayumba, K Kundert. (2017). Towards innovative geospatial tools for fit-for-purpose land rights mapping. The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences. 42, 37-43.
  5. M Biraro, J Zevenbergen, BK Alemie. (2021). Good practices in updating land information systems that used unconventional approaches in systematic land registration. Land 10 (4), 437.
  6. AM Wubie, WT de Vries, BK Alemie (2021). Synthesizing the dilemmas and prospects for a peri-urban land use management framework: Evidence from Ethiopia. Land Use Policy 100, 105122.
  7. AM Wubie, WT de Vries, BK Alemie (2020). A socio-spatial analysis of land use dynamics and process of land intervention in the peri-urban areas of Bahir Dar City. Land 9 (11), 445.
  8. B Alemie, Jaap Zevenbergen, Rohan Bennett (2015). Assessing land governance in Ethiopian cities (2002-2011): Lessons for the implementation of the 2011 Urban Land Management Policy. Proceedings of the From the Wisdom of the Ages to the Challenges of the Modern World, FIG Working Week, Sofia, Bulgaria. 17-2.
  9. B Alemie, Jaap Zevenbergen, Rohan Bennett. (2015). Assessing land governance in Ethiopian cities (2002-2011): Lessons for the implementation of the 2011 Urban Land Management Policy. Proceedings of the From the Wisdom of the Ages to the Challenges of the Modern World, FIG Working Week, Sofia, Bulgaria. 17-21
  10. Berhanu Kefale Alemie (2015). Urban cadastre for urban land governance: a socio-technical analysis. ITC.
  11. AM Wubie, WT de Vries, BK Alemie (2020). Evaluating the quality of land information for peri-urban land-related decision-making: an empirical analysis from Bahir Dar, Ethiopia. Land 10 (1), 11.
  12. BK Alemie, R Bennett, J Zevenbergen (2014). The socio-spatial synergy in land governance: a case of informal settlements in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia. Proceedings of Annual World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty 2014, 24-27.
  13. MT Metaferia, RM Bennett, BK Alemie, M Koeva (2023). Fit-for-Purpose Land Administration and the Framework for Effective Land Administration: Synthesis of Contemporary Experiences. Land 12 (58).
  14. BK Alemie, T Amsalu (2020). Does land tenure insecurity affect forest cover change? Evidence from Gerejeda State Forest in Ethiopia. Journal of Land and Rural Studies 8 (2), 101-120.
  15. BK Alemie (2005). Spectral unmixing of hyperspectral and multispectral images for predictive mapping of surface soil organic matter. ITC.
  16. MK Mekonnen Tesfaye Metaferia, Rohan Mark Bennett, Berhanu Kefale Alemie (2023). The peri-urban cadastre of Addis Ababa: Status, challenges, and fit-for-purpose prospects. Land Use Policy 125, 106477
  17. Rohan Bennett, Markus Gerke, Joep Crompvoets, Serene Ho, Angela Schwering, Malumbo Chipofya, Carl Schultz, Tarek Zein, Mireille Biraro, BK Alemie, Robert Wayumba, Kaspar Kundert, Sophie Crommelinck, Claudia Stöcker (2017). Building third generation land tools: Its4land, smart sketchmaps, UAVs, automatic feature extraction, and the geocloud. Responsible Land Governance: Towards and Evidence Based Approach', Annual World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty, Washington, D.C., 20-24 March, 2017.
  18. BK Alemie, RM Bennett, J Zevenbergen (2016). Urbanization, Land administration, and Good-enough governance. Advances in Responsible Land Administration, 53-73
  19. MT Metaferia, RM Bennett, BK Alemie, M Koeva (2023). Furthering Automatic Feature Extraction for Fit-for-Purpose Cadastral Updating: Cases from Peri-Urban Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Remote Sensing 15 (17), 4155.
  20. Prosper Turimubumwe, Achamyeleh Gashu Adam, Berhanu Kefale Alemie (2022). Policy level analysis of public urban lands management in Burundi: insights for harmonization of policy frameworks. GeoJournal.
  21. BK Alemie, J Zevenbergen, R Bennett (2015). Integrating the layers: an analysis of urban land governance in contemporary Ethiopia’ Journal of land administration in Eastern Africa 3 (2), 377-398.
  22. P Turimubumwe, AG Adam, BK Alemie (2024). Managing public urban lands for sustainable urban development in Bujumbura, Burundi: The role of land administration system. GeoJournal 89 (1), 10.
  23. M Biraro, J Zevenbergen, BK Alemie (2021). Good Practices in Updating Land Information Systems that Used Unconventional Approaches in Systematic Land Registration. Land 2021, 10, 437. Fit-for-Purpose Land Administration, 271.
  24. M Biraro, J Zevenbergen, BK Alemie (2022). Updating land information systems created using unconventional approaches. African Journal of Land Policy and Geospatial Sciences 5 (1), 1-17.
  25. MN Koeva, S Crommelinck, C Stöcker, Joep Crompvoets, Serene Ho, Cesar Casiano, Angela Schwering, Malumbo Chipofya, Sahib Jan, Tarek Zein, Christian Timm, Kaspar Kundert, Placide Nkerabigwi, Berhanu Kefale Alemie, Robert Nilson Wayumba (2019). Its4land-Innovative geospatial tools for fit-for-purpose land rights mapping. 4th Annual Land Conference of the Institute of Land Administration 2019.
  26. Mekonnen Tesfaye Metaferia, Rohan Mark Bennett, Berhanu Kefale Alemie, Mila ... (2025). Embedding (Semi-) automatic cadastral boundary extraction into fit-for-purpose land administration in peri-urban ethiopia. Land Use Policy 150, 107453
  27. GG Eshetie, BK Alemie, AM Wubie (2024). Geospatial Technologies in Support of Responsible Land Tenure Governance: A Systematic Review. Geomatica, 100014.
  28. SE Gebeyehu, AG Adam, BK Alemie (2023). The mediating role of governance in handling diverse and conflicting land interests in the peri-urban Ethiopia: A structural equation modeling analysis. Journal of Urban Affairs, 1-20.
  29. Tadesse Amsalu and Berhanu Kefale Alemie (2023). Resettlement and land rights: Implication on land use and land cover change in Ethiopia. 8(2): . https://dx.doi.org/10.4314/jaes/v8i2.7. J. Agric. Environ. Sci. 8 (2), 111-137.
  30. P Turimubumwe, AG Adam, BK Alemie (2023). An Evaluation of Shortfalls in Managing Public Urban Lands in Developing Countries: A study of Burundi. AfRES
  31. J Crompvoets, M Koeva, S Crommelinck, C Stöcker, S Ho, C Casiano, ... (2019). Its4land-Innovative Geospatial Tools for Fit-for-Purpose Land Rights Mapping. 4th ISPRS Geospatial Week 2019.
  32. I. Buntinx, C. Casiano Flores, J. Crompvoets, B. K. Alemie (2019). Governance for the use of fit-for-purpose land tenure tools in East Africa. Journal of Land Policy and Governance 2 (1).
  33. S Ho, J Crompvoets, M Biraro, B Alemie, R Wayumba, G Muvuyi (2017). its4land: Field data results.
  34. J Crompvoets, B Broucker, S Ho, R Bennett, B Alemie, M Longoiboni, ... (2016). its4land: Stakeholder audit and classification
  35. BK Alemie, JA Zevenbergen, RM Bennett (2015). Developing an integrated conceptual model to understand land governance continuum: powerpoint
  36. CHJ Bennett, R.M., Alemie, B.K., Yimer, F.A., Zevenbergen, J.A. and Lemmen (2014). Fit - for - purpose land administration and the post - 2015 agenda : Lessons from urban and rural Ethiopia. In: proceedings of Annual World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty 2014, 24 …
  37. AY Andualem, B Alemie (2024). Predictive Mapping of Groundwater Potential Zones Using Mcda-Ahp Method with Integrated Radar and Optical Remote Sensing Data: A Case Study of the Gidabo Watershed, Blate Basin …. Blate Basin, Ethiopia.

3

Teshome Taffa Dadi

Ph.D.

Associate Professor

1. Tessema, A.M., Amsalu, T.B. and Dadi, T.T., 2024. Communal Grazing Land Distribution and Land Use Conflict in East Gojjam Zone: Insight from Baso Liben District, North-Western Ethiopia. Journal of Asian and African Studies, p.00219096241295644.

2. Emiru, M.A., Adam, A.G., Dadi, T.T., 2023. Exploring institutional capacity of urban land delivery and administration for housing development in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia: Institutional analysis. Cogent Social Sciences.

3. Emiru, M.A., Adam, A.G. and Dadi, T.T., 2021. Rethinking institutional coordination as a transformational issue in providing and administering urban land for housing development in Ethiopia: Evidence from Bahir Dar metropolitan city. Eco Cities. 2024; 5 (1): 2738 [online]

4.   Adam, A.G. and Dadi, T.T., 2023. Perspectives for Smooth Bridging of Dichotomized Urban‐Rural Land Development in the Peri‐Urban Areas of Ethiopia: Towards Continuum Approach. Regional Science Policy & Practice, 1–18. https://doi.org/10.1111/rsp3.12733

5.   Getie, A.M., Birhanu, T.A. and Dadi, T.T., 2023. Analysis of the Existing Rural Land Legislations in Regulating Interests on Land in the Amhara region, Ethiopia. Survey Review. 55(390)

6.   Getie, A.M., Birhanu, T.A. and Dadi, T.T., 2023. Rural cadastral implementation and its effect on women’s landholding use rights in Amhara region, Ethiopia. Land Use Policy, 127, p.106556.

7.   Getie, A.M., Birhanu, T.A. and Dadi, T.T., 2022. Developing a framework for assessing the efficacy of rural cadastral system in the Amhara region, Ethiopia. Survey Review, 55(389), 147-168.

8. Agegnehu, A.W. and Dadi, T.T., 2020. Agricultural Investment Land Acquisition in Times of Emergency in Ethiopia: The Case of Land Delivery to Respond to COVID-19 in Amhara Region. Bahir Dar UJL, 11, p.97.

9. Teshome Taffa, The Influence of Land Management on the Prevalence of Informal Settlement in Bahir Dar City, Ethiopia, presented at annual Land conference at BDU, Ethiopia, 2018.

10. Assessment of the Impact on Farmers of the Policy Differences between Oromia and Amhara Land Proclamations for Land Investment for Transformation (LIFT) Programme, June 2015 (Team work).

11. Asrat Dereb, Haftu Hindeya, Kibrom Mengistu, Teshome Taffa, Evaluation of Institute of Land Administration (ILA) BSC Graduates’ Performance at Work: an Evaluative Tracer Study, Bahir Dar University, Bahir Dar, 2013.

12. Teshome Taffa, Lake Tana Region Development Policies, presented at Three Day International Scientific Workshop at Bahir Dar University, 17th to 19th February 2011.

13. Teshome Taffa, 2009. Characteristics of Property Units in Ethiopia, the Case of Two Pilot Projects in Amhara National Regional State, published in Scandinavian Journal of Surveying and Real Estate Research, V.6, No.2.

 

4

Belachew Yirsaw Alemu 

Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

  1. Understanding the Bases and Approaches of Mortgage Valuation in Ethiopia. Journal of African Real Estate Research, volume5, Issue1.
  1. Expropriation, valuation and compensation Practice in Amhara National Regional State (ANRS): The Case of two cities (Bahir-Dar and Gondar)-Published at Nordic journal of surveying and real estate research, vol 9,No1, 2012
  1. Expropriation, Valuation and Compensation Practice in Ethiopia: The case of Bahir Dar City and Surrounding- Published in property management, Vol 39, issue 2, 2013
  1. Understanding Urban Land Leasing System as a Strategic Value Capture Instrument to Enhance Urban Revenue in Ethiopia: A Case Study of Bahir Dar City
  1. Urban Local Governments’ Capacity to Finance Urban Development and Manage Informal Settlement in Ethiopia. Ministry of Urban Development and Infrastructure and Land Governance Activity (LGA) Project – USAID [ 2023 ]- Coordinator and Principal Investigator
  1. The needs assessment and feasibility study of the capacity building on urban finance profession in Addis Ababa, Adama, Bahir Dar, Dire Dawa and Hawassa - Ministry of Urban Development and Infrastructure, Ethiopia - [ 2022 ] – Principal Investigator 
  1. Assessments of the Impacts on Farmers of Policy Differences between Amhara and Oromia Land Proclamations – DFID LIFT Project - [ 2015 ] – Principal Investigator
  1. Assessments of the Impacts on Farmers of Policy Differences between Amhara and Oromia Land Proclamations – DFID LIFT Project - [ 2015 ] – Principal Investigator
  1. Land Governance Assessment Framework Analysis for Land Valuation and Taxation in Ethiopia,-GIZ [ 2015 ]-Principal investigator
  1. Urban Land Lease Policy of Ethiopia: Case study on Addis Ababa and Lease towns of the Amhara National Regional state, 2010
  1. Urban Redevelopment and Induced-Displacement in Addis Ababa: The case of Senga- Tera Locality in Lideta Sub-City , 2012 
  1. Impact of Rural Land Titling and Certification Programmes on Ethiopian Land Taxation System: The case of Amhara National Regional State, 2012
  1. Women’s Land Rights in Amhara National Regional State: Challenges and Success, 2013
  1. Expansion in Addis Ababa city and possible losses for Compensation,2011
  1. Urban Land Lease policy in Ethiopia: Implementation and Drawbacks –Book, published, 2011
  1. Real Property Valuation- text book, Published, 2013

5

Wubante Fetene Admasu

Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

  1. Admasu, W. F., Van Passel, S., Minale, A. S., Tsegaye, E. A., & Nyssen, J. (2023). Nexus between land development and the value of ecosystem services in Ethiopia: A contingent valuation study. Environment, Development and Sustainability, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-022-02803-8.
  1. Admasu, W. F., Van Passel, S., Minale, A. S., Tsegaye, E. A., & Nyssen, J. (2021). Eliciting farmers’ preferences and willingness to pay for land use attributes in Northwest Ethiopia: A discrete choice experiment study. Land Use Policy, 109, 105634. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2021.105634.
  1. Admasu, W. F., Boerema, A., Nyssen, J., Minale, A. S., Tsegaye, E. A., & Van Passel, S. (2020). Uncovering Ecosystem Services of Expropriated Land: The Case of Urban Expansion in Bahir Dar, Northwest Ethiopia. Land, 9(10), 395. Available at: https://doi.org/10.3390/land9100395.
  1. Admasu, W. F., Van Passel, S., Minale, A. S., Tsegaye, E. A., Azadi, H., & Nyssen, J. (2019). Take out the farmer: An economic assessment of land expropriation for urban expansion in Bahir Dar, Northwest Ethiopia. Land Use Policy, 87, 104038. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2019.104038.
  1. Admasu, W.F. Socioeconomic and Environmental Impact of Expropriation of Agricultural Land for Urbanization in Ethiopia. [2021] [PhD Dissertation]. https://hdl.handle.net/10067/1779090151162165141
  1. Admasu, Wubante F., Alene, Birhanu, Adamu, Zelalem Y., Taye M,,Tesfaye, Getachew. Development of the profile of Bahir Dar Metropolitan City Administration: UNDP. [2012]
  1. Admasu, W. F. Infrastructural services (water supply and sewerage systems): Problems and opportunities on the provision and financing of it in Ethiopian cities, a case study on Bahir Dar city’. [2010] https://www.fig.net/resources/proceedings/fig_proceedings/fig2012/papers/ts06c/TS06C_admasu_5624.pdf

6

Zinabu Getahun Sisay

M.Sc.

Assistant Professor

  1. Sisay Zinabu, G; Tulu B; Gesse, B. Martine, V. (2018);   Positional Accuracy Validation of Digital Orthophoto Mapping: Case Bahir Dar City, Ethiopia, Nordic Journal of Surveying and Real estate Research: https://doi.org/10.30672/njsr.65724 
  2. Sisay Zinabu (2021):  Feature Orientation and Positional Accuracy Assessment of Digital Orthophoto and Line Map for Urban Land Registration: The Case Study On Bahir Dar Town, Ethiopia: African Journal on Land Policy and Geospatial Sciences. 
  3. https://doi.org/10.48346/IMIST.PRSM/ajlp-gs.v3i3.18157 1.               Sisay Zinabu, Tulu B; Gesse, B.(2017):  FEATURE ORIENTATION AND POSITIONAL ACCURACY ASSESSMENT OF DIGITAL ORTHOPHOTO AND LINE MAP FOR LARGE SCALE MAPPING: THE CASE STUDY ON BAHIR DAR TOWN, ETHIOPIA. 10.5194/isprs-archives-XLII-1-W1-47-2017 (Presente in ASPRS 2017 workshop Hannover, Germany)
  4. Zinabu Getahun Sisay (2017): LSM001: Feature Orientation and Positional Accuracy Assessment of Digital Orthophoto and Line Map for Large Scale Mapping (The Case Study on Bahir Dar Town, Ethiopia). https://rcmrd.org/media-item/publications/conference-proceedings?download=148:ric-2017-conference-handbook. (Presented in RCMRD 2017 International Conference in Nairobi, Kenya )
  5. Sisay Zinabu, Amezene R. (2019):  Optimum Sample Size Determination Scenarios for Orthophoto Positional Accuracy Test in Varied Topography for Urban Land Registration: Case Bahir Dar, Debre Markos, Harar City, Ethiopia: 
  6. https://www.uneca.org/sites/default/files/uploadeddocuments/CLPA/2019/Papers/Data-spatial- information-systems/paper_final_for_clpa-2019-converted.pdf. (Presente in African Land Conference in Abidjan, IvoryCost)
  7. Sisay Zinabu, et.al. (2023):  Socie-Technical Evaluation of Urban Cadastral System Implementation Against International and National Standards: Case Bahir Dar, Debre Markos, Harar City, Ethiopia. (Presented in North Africa Land Administration  Govrnance (NALGA) Rabat, Morocco).

7

Habtamu Sitotaw Semahagne

Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

  1. Mihret Fentahun, Habtamu Sitotaw & Tadesse Amsalu. (2024). Factors Influencing Peri-Urban Land Development in Ethiopia: Evidences from Assosa City, International Journal of Environmental Protection and Policy (IJEPP), (ISSN Online: 2330-7536; ISSN Print: 2330-7528).
  2. Habtamu B. Asres, Habtamu S. Semahagne and Abebe M. Wubie. (2023). Assessment of the Trends of Urban Land Lease Price from Spatio-temporal Perspective in Ethiopia: Evidence from Bahir Dar City, Survey Review, https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00396265.2023.2258653.
  3. Brightman Gebremichael and Habtamu Sitotaw. (2022). Legal Protection and Judicial Enforcement of Farmers’ Land Rights in Ethiopia, Muradu Abdo (Ed.), Property Law Reform, Addis Ababa University Printing Press, Vol. 11, Pp. 157 – 218 (book chapter).
  4. Habtamu Sitotaw and Muradu Abdo. (2021). Taking Enforcement of Women’s Land Claims in Ethiopia Seriously, Meron Zeleke (Eds.) Gender, Development and Women’s Rights: Ethiopian Perspective (book chapter). 
  5. Habtamu Sitotaw, Muradu Abdo and Achamyeleh Gashu. (2019). Power of Land Administration under the FDRE Constitution, Ethiopian Journal of Law, Vol. 31.
  6. Taye Minale and Habtamu Sitotaw. (2016). Converting Old Possessions into Lease System in Ethiopia: Decades of Unsuccessful Endeavour, Bahir Dar University Journal of Law, 6(1), ejol.ethernet.edu.et/index.php/BDUJOL/article/download/1637/1193.
  7. Habtamu Sitotaw. (2016). The Power to Administer Land in Ethiopia: Scrutinizing Federal Government’s Legislative Interventions, Bahir Dar University Journal of Law, 6(2). https://journals.bdu.edu.et/index.php/bdujl/article/view/1247.
  8. Habtamu Sitotaw. (2018). Variations in Ethiopian Rural Land Laws and Their Implications to Land Administration: Comparative Overview, Journal of Land Policy and Governance, 1(1).

8

Abebe Mengaw Wubie

Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

  1. Abebe M. Wubie, de Vries, W. T. and  Alemie, B. K. (2021). Synthesizing the dilemmas and prospects for a peri-urban land use management framework: Evidence from Ethiopia. Land Use Policy, 100(2021), 105122, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2020.105122 
  2. Abebe M. Wubie, de Vries, W.T. and  Alemie, B.K. (2021).  Evaluating the quality of land information for peri-urban land-related decision-making: An empirical analysis from Bahir Dar, Ethiopia. Land, 10(1), 11, 1-21. https://doi.org/10.3390/land10010011   
  3. Abebe M. Wubie, de Vries, W.T. and  Alemie, B.K. (2020).  A Socio-Spatial Analysis of Land Use Dynamics and Process of Land Intervention in the Peri-Urban Areas of Bahir Dar City. Land , 9(11), 445, 1-27. https://doi.org/10.3390/land9110445 
  4. Habtamu. Asres, Habtamu S. Semahegne & Abebe M. Wubie (2023). Assessment of the trends of urban land lease price from spatio-temporal perspective in Ethiopia: evidence from Bahir Dar City. Survey Review.   https://doi.org/10.1080/00396265.2023.2258653
  5. Getie Gebrie Eshetie, Berhanu Kefale Alemie & Abebe M. Wubie (2024). Geospatial technologies in support of responsible land tenure governance: A systematic review. Geomatica. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomat.2024.100014 
  6. Asnake Mekuriaw, Habtamu Sewnet, Abebe M. Wubie, Tadesse Amsalu (2021). Analysis of land data acquisition, management, and their challenges in Ethiopia. African Journal on Land Policy and Geospatial Sciences, e-ISSN:2657-2664, Vol. 4 Issue 2, https://doi.org/10.48346/IMIST.PRSM/ajlp-gs.v4i2.22007 
  7. Abebe M. Wubie (2015). GIS and Remote Sensing Based Forest Change Detection for Sustainable Forest Management in Bench Maji Zone, Ethiopia. International Journal of Remote Sensing & Geoscience, ISSN No: 2319-3484 Volume 4, Issue 3.
  8. Amsalu, T. and Abebe M. Wubie (2014) GIS Based Soil Loss Estimation Using RUSLE Model: The Case of Jabi Tehinan Woreda, ANRS, Ethiopia. Natural Resources, 5, 616-626, doi: doi: 10.4236/nr.2014.511054. 
  9. Abebe M. Wubie (2015). GIS Based Land Degradation Assessment for Sustainable Land Management: The Case of Bench Maji Zone, Ethiopia, Africa. International Journal of Research and Innovations in Earth Science, Volume 2, Issue 2,ISSN(Online): 2394-1375.

9

Bekele Bedada Damtie

Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

  1. Bekele Bedada. Accuracy analysis and Calibration of Total Station based on the Reflector less distance measurement. Master of Science thesis in Geodesy. Supervisor: Milan Horemuž. December 2012. TRITA-GIT Series - ISSN 1653-5227
  2. Damtie, Bekele Bedada, Daniel Ayalew Mengistu, Daniel Kassahun Waktola, and Derege Tsegaye Meshesha. 2022. "Impacts of Soil and Water Conservation Practice on Soil Moisture in Debre Mewi and Sholit Watersheds, Abbay Basin, Ethiopia" Agriculture 12, no. 3: 417. https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture12030417
  3. Bedada, Bekele: Development of 3D Urban Cadastre and Property Registration System: Case Study Bahir Dar City. International Journal of research and innovation in earth science volume 2, issue 3, ISSN 2394-1375.
  4. Bekele Bedada : Estimation of Land Surface Temperature Using Landsat by Split Window Algorithm: A Case Study in Bahir Dar Zuria, Ethiopia. Journal of Environment and Earth Science.volume 7, No 5, ISSN 2224-3216 (Paper) ISSN 2225-0948.

10

Solomon Dargie Chekole

Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

  1. Chekole, S. D., de Vries, W. T., Durán-Díaz, P., & Shibeshi, G. B. (2021). Analyzing the Effects of Institutional Merger: Case of Cadastral Information Registration and Landholding Right Providing Institutions in Ethiopia. Land, 10(4), 404. https://doi.org/10.3390/land10040404.
  2. Chekole, S. D., de Vries, W. T., Durán-Díaz, P., & Shibeshi, G. B. (2020). Performance Evaluation of the Urban Cadastral System in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Land, 9(12), 505. https://doi.org/10.3390/land9120505. 
  3. Chekole, S. D., de Vries, W. T., & Shibeshi, G. B. (2020). An Evaluation Framework for Urban Cadastral System Policy in Ethiopia. Land, 9(2), 60. https://doi.org/10.3390/land9020060. 
  4. Solomon Dargie Chekole (2020). Evaluation of Urban Land Administration Processes and Institutional Arrangements of Ethiopia: Based on Advocacy Coalition Theory: DOI: https://doi.org/10.48346/IMIST.PRSM/ajlp-gs.v3i1.18153. 
  5. Solomon Dargie Chekole (2021). PhD Dissertation - Evaluation of Urban Cadastral System of Ethiopia. Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Ir. Walter Timo de Vries, and Dr. Gebeyehu Belay Shibeshi. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.36684.69761: 
  6. Asmamaw Chanie Yihun, Amezene Reda Adinew, Animaw Mekonen, Solomon Dargie Chekole (2017). Evaluation of Current Urban Cadastre Practice in Ethiopia: Case of Bahir Dar, Gondar and Dessie. https://www.fig.net/resources/proceedings/fig_proceedings/fig2017/ppt/iss7b/ISS7B_yehun_reda_et_al_8804_ppt.pdf. 

11

Habtamu Bishaw Asres

Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

  1. Habtamu B. Asres, Habtamu S. Semahagne and Abebe M. Wubie. (2023). Assessment of the Trends of Urban Land Lease Price from Spatio-temporal Perspective in Ethiopia: Evidence from Bahir Dar City, Survey Review, https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00396265.2023.2258653. 
  2. Aschale, E.A.and Asres, H.B. (2024), "Valuation, compensation and rehabilitation for expropriation and its impact on the expropriated households in Ethiopia: evidence from Debre Markos city", Property Management, Vol. 42 No. 3, pp. 363-387. https://doi.org/10.1108/PM-06-2023-0056.
  3. Asres, H.B., Lind, H. & Alemu, B.Y. (2020). Understanding the Bases and Approaches of Mortgage Valuation in Ethiopia. Journal of African Real Estate Research, 5(1), pp.55-76. DOI: 10.15641/jarer.v5i1.856. 
  4. Asres, H. B. (2023). Causes of Valuation Inaccuracy in Mortgage Lending in Ethiopia. International Journal of Real Estate Studies, 17(1), 120–134. https://doi.org/10.11113/intrest.v17n1.262
  5. Asres, H. B. (2019). Real property valuation in expropriation in Ethiopia: Bases, approaches and procedures. African Journal of Land Policy and Geospatial Sciences, 2(3), 40-51.

12

Kindu Temesgen Abebe

M.Sc.

Lecturer

  1. Masresha Belete Asnakew a, Minale Kassahun Amogne b, Kindu Temesgen Abebe c, Melkam Ayalew Gebru (2024).Land rights, bases of informal settlements and bogus contract documents as a means of urban fringe legal land transactions in Ethiopia. Volume 149, June 2024, 104954. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2024.104954.