The Impacts Of Urban Expansion On Human Security: The Case Of Adama City Peri –Urban Residents

Abstract

The main objective of this study was to investigate the impacts of urban expansion on human security in the case of Adama City peri-urban residents. Hence, a mixed research approach was employed, and a total of 193 respondents were taken to address survey question items using a simple random sampling strategy. Besides, both probability and non-probability sampling methods were used. This study employed primary and secondary sources of data. The data were analyzed and interpreted through a concurrent mixed research design using SPSS software version 27 for the quantitative part, which was presented by frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, and textual narration for the qualitative data. The findings of this thesis revealed that the causes of urban expansion were political or government policy, migration from rural to urban areas, economic growth, and social factors. Besides, the results of the study also indicated that urban expansion has both positive and negative impacts on the human security of peri-urban residents in the study area. Positively, it promotes community security by providing better social services. Negatively, it interrupts strong social networks, including mutual trust, social values, and social associations. The other finding revealed the impact of urban expansion on the human security dimension of peri-urban residents by inducing insecurity about personal, communal, economic, food, health, environmental, and political bottlenecks in the study area. The final finding of correlation analysis indicated that there is a low and positive type of relationship, as stipulated by the Pearson correlation coefficient (r = 0.362**), between urban expansion and human security among peri-urban residents in Adama City. It deduced that as urban expansion increases, human security also increases, but the finding portrays that the mere extension of urban expansion doesn’t realize human security unless due attention is given to the human security dimension. Lastly, the researcher recommends it is necessary to have proper urban planning that considers the human security dimension to minimize the peri-urban resident severity that is perpetuated by urban expansion in the study area