data at the Wereda (sub-district) levels.
The results show that the application of GIS can yield satisfactory results even under conditions of data scarcity.
Seven Weredas are deemed highly suitable while another twelve are classified as suitable.
The list of selected sites includes many Weredas known to have received
settlers in the past.
The selected Weredas also include those being targeted by the
government for land-leases to foreign agribusinesses companies.
The lack of resources necessary to mitigate all of the environmental dangers including accelerated deforestation, wetland destruction, malaria, and flash-floods, point to serious
challenges ahead in making the Weredas selected in this study suitable for largescale
resettlement. It is argued, therefore, that population control measures with a
focus on fertility reduction would produce better long-term results.