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Squatter settlements (Topical Term)
Used for/see from:
- Informal settlements (Squatter settlements)
- Irregular settlements
- Settlements, Squatter
- Settlements, Spontaneous
- Shack towns
- Shanty towns
- Shantytowns
- Spontaneous settlements
- Uncontrolled settlements
See also:
- Broader heading: Cities and towns
- Broader heading: Slums
Urban land management, regularization policies ... 1995 (Irregular settlements)
Slums of hope? : Shanty towns of the Third World, 1979.
People and housing in Third World cities : perspectives on the problem of spontaneous settlements, 1975.
Abbott, J. An analysis of informal settlements ... 2001.
World Health Organization Website, Sept. 29, 2009 (Informal settlements; these are defined as residential areas where a group of housing units have been constructed on land to which the occupants have no legal claim, or which they occupy illegally; unplanned settlements and areas where housing is not in compliance with current planning and building regulations.)