Social Impact Of Urban Expansion On The Peripheral Agricultural Communities

Currently,urban expansion is becoming a big problems in sub-Saharan African countries as they are expanded without well planed urbanization.spatially in Ethiopia Urban expansion was not properly planed and make the advantage for all the people.Therefore,the objective of this study will be to assess Urban Expansion and its Impact on Peripheral Farming Communities: the Case of Bishoftu town,Oromia Region,Ethiopia.The method that I will be use to analyze the data and the way that can possible to measure the urban expansion of a town is GIS and remote sensing will be used to analyze the phenomena of agricultural land transformation into urban land use.The other this research describes to identify the major impact of urban expansion on the peripheral farming community in case of socially,economically,theologically,culturally and customs of the farmers those included in the new urban boundaries and displaced from their original lands.To analyze the above problems the researcher will be use both primary and secondary data.In the case of primary data the researcher will be collect data based on survey on 96 households,those who were displaced from their farm lands and included in the new urban boundary areas hence whose livelihood had been adversely affected.Research questionnaire,key informants' interviews,the researcher's participatory observation,GPS data,Satellite Image and documentary resources were tools to collect data.Data sources will be both quantitative and qualitative data collection.All data will be analyzed and the solution of the problem will be identified and present to the stake holder of the problem.