URBAN GREEN SPACE MANAGEMENT AND ACCESSIBILITY: THE CASE OF HOSSANA TOWN, HADIYA ZONE, SNNPR, ETHIOPIA

Abstract

Urban green spaces management a number of functions and provide a diversity of benefits to the urban residents. The benefits of green spaces in the urban spatial environment today viewed within the prism of sustainable development and in that sense, urban green spaces provide. The study was focused on the title of urban green space management and accessibility in Hossana town administration. The main objective of the study was urban green space management and accessibility. This study used primary and secondary source of data. From Primary data was collected from the study area using questionnaire, organizing interview and conducting field observations, and primary source of data questionnaires were selected and the secondary source of data journals, books, references. The population of the study was 56,000 and the sample size of the study was 138. The sampling technique that was employed in this study was purposive sampling technique and mixed method type applied on cultural, demographics factors, and socio-economic status of green space, physical proximity, and awareness on benefit of green spaces, plan implementation problems, management practices, ritual factors, diversity training, and beliefs. The statistical model namely binary logit were employed to assess the use of urban green space management and accessibility. The finding of the study was show that age of household head, sex, education, status of the green space, awareness on benefit of green space, plan implementation problem were affect urban green space management negatively while marital status, ritual factors, diversity training, beliefs, management practices participation in tree planting campaign were significant factors that affect green space management positively. The study recommended urban green space management should emphasize above factors on urban green space to make more accessible beside this existing urban green space management and accessibility should be more participatory.