Understanding the competing and conflicting interests in peri-urban land is crucial for informed decisions and well-managed urbanization. These interests in peri-urban land in Ethiopia are explored from a political economy perspective, using desk review and case study research. The findings show that the state, the private business sector and the local community are the three main sets of players with competing interests in peri-urban land, which has resulted in the rapid conversion of farmland into built-up urban property. The more land is expropriated by government agents, and the more land is developed by developers, the more revenues are collected by the government and the more profit is realized by developers and dealers, but with less opportunity and security for local communities in the peri-urban areas. Therefore, urban spatial expansion and development programmes in urban fringe areas require purposeful intervention of the government in a way that can accommodate the interests of all parties without conflict.

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在埃塞俄比亚的城市化时代，了解城郊土地的竞争和利益冲突

了解郊区的竞争和冲突利益对于明智的决策和良好的城市化管理至关重要。使用案头审查和案例研究，从政治经济学角度探讨了埃塞俄比亚近郊土地的这些利益。调查结果表明，国家，私营企业和当地社区是在城郊土地上存在利益冲突的三大主体，这导致农田迅速转变为建成的城市财产。政府代理人征用的土地越多，开发商开发的土地越多，政府收取的收入越多，开发商和交易商获得的利润就越多，但周边地区当地社区的机会和安全性却降低了城市地区。因此，