| LC control no. | sh 85127101 |
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| LC classification | HD7287.95 HD7287.96 |
| Topical heading | Squatter settlements |
| Variant(s) | Informal settlements (Squatter settlements) Irregular settlements Settlements, Spontaneous Settlements, Squatter Shack towns Shanty towns Shantytowns Spontaneous settlements Uncontrolled settlements |
| See also | Cities and towns Slums |
| Found in | 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.) |
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