| Definition: |
| Informal settlements are: 1. areas where groups of housing units have been constructed on land that the occupants have no legal claim to, or occupy illegally; 2. unplanned settlements and areas where housing is not in compliance with current planning and building regulations (unauthorized housing). |
| Source Publication: |
| Glossary of Environment Statistics, Studies in Methods, Series F, No. 67, United Nations, New York, 1997. |
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