informal settlement

collocation in English

meaningsofinformalandsettlement

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informal
adjective
uk
/ɪnˈfɔː.məl/us
/ɪnˈfɔːr.məl/
not formal ...
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settlement
noun
uk
/ˈset.əl.mənt/us
/ˈset̬.əl.mənt/
an official agreement that finishes ...
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(Definition ofinformalandsettlementfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofinformal settlement

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A case might drag on for years, only to end in aninformalsettlementthat essentially stepped around the mess of legal red tape unravelled at the landlord's initiative.
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Much can be said for speeding up procedures and aiming for a moreinformalsettlementprocess.
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Many matters complained of lend themselves readily to quickinformalsettlementprocedures.
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If there were a requirement to spell out the heads of compensation in such cases, there would be even less chance of reaching aninformalsettlement.
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On the second day, he went to see the miners' dormitoriesincluding where families can stay and aninformalsettlement.
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Informalsettlementupgrading is not simply site and service or the provision of a top structure house.
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The government decided to upgrade rather than demolish theinformalsettlement.
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It exhibits a wide range of housing including some very up-market homes but also includes a largeinformalsettlement.
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Slum upgrading is underway under a conglomeration of sector players in theinformalsettlement.
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The technological paradigm persisted due to lack of incentives for change, despite the rapid growth of informal settlements.
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Most of this expansion has been in informal settlements, due to the defunct housing policy.
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The reader probably needs no introduction to the phenomenon of ' slums ', or informal settlements.
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Extensive population movements due to civil conflict, uncontrolled urbanization and the formation of informal settlements and squatter camps, could all have played an important role in meningococcal disease transmission.
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However, buckets are also used in newly established informal settlements.
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Around 20% of the city lives in abject poverty in informal settlements that lack proper roads, electricity, or any other kind of direct municipal service.
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This undermined the basic security of indigenous communities to land entitlement, and former "ejidatorios" now became formally "illegal land-squatters", and their communities informal settlements.
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These too-frequent fires reduce the ability of the indigenous vegetation to regenerate and are also a danger to the people of the neighbouring informal settlements.
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As a direct result of this, informal settlements started going up all over the area.
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In many developing countries, slums are prevalent as distributed pockets or as urban orbits of densely constructed informal settlements.
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