Informal settlement

A residential area that develops outside formal planning arrangements and often lacks adequate housing and basic services.

An area of housing developed outside formal planning or land-ownership arrangements, often with inadequate infrastructure and services.

An area of housing developed outside formal planning arrangements, often with inadequate infrastructure; residents may lack legal rights to the land.

Housing that develops outside formal planning and regulation, often without secure land ownership or adequate basic services.

A residential area that develops outside formal planning systems, often with insecure rights to occupy the land and limited basic services.