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Spanish term or phrase:	asentamientos populares urbanos
English translation:	informal urban settlements
Entered by:	Paula Pereira Fernandes

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7:11pm Sep 8, 2006

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Social Sciences - International Org/Dev/Coop

Spanish term or phrase: asentamientos populares urbanos

El acelerado crecimiento de la población urbana y la inexistencia de soluciones formales a la necesidad de alojamiento han provocado la creación de asentamientos populares urbanos que no cumplen con adecuadas condiciones de habitabilidad, provocando un crecimiento extensivo y desordenado de las ciudades.

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Questions: 418 (9 open)
Answers: 58

United States

informal urban settlements

Explanation:
I believe that is the expression used by the UN.
"informal" means that there is no planning.

United Nations - Office of the Under-Secretary-General -
United Nations. Office of the Under-Secretary-General ... Finally, in the case of informal urban settlements, only limited progress has been made in ...
www.un.org/esa/desa/ousg/statements/2004/20040419_csd12.htm...

The Urbanization of Poverty -
According to a new report from the United Nations Human Settlements Program, ... Large informal urban settlements are uncommon in affluent countries, ...
www.fguide.org/Bulletin/urbanpov.htm

peopleandplanet.net > cities > newsfile > nearly 80 per cent of ... -
More than half of the 29 case study cities covered in the UN-Habitat report ... such as in slums and informal urban settlements, it is they who suffer most ...
www.peopleandplanet.net/doc.php?id=2059

Habitat Debate, September 2003 Vol. 9 No. 3 -
... particularly in the densely populated informal urban settlements. ... As a member of the United Nations Millennium Task Force, UN-HABITAT has recently ...
hq.unhabitat.org/hd/hdv9n3/4.asp

Selected response from:

Paula Pereira Fernandes
Portugal

Note from asker to answerer

Thanks to all for the great suggestions, this one seemed to fit best in the text
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +5

low-income urban settlements

Susana Galilea

5 +2

urban slum areas

Henry Hinds

4 +2

informal urban settlements

Paula Pereira Fernandes

squatter settlements/neighborhoods

GoodWords

Answers

3 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +5

low-income urban settlements

Explanation:
Unprecedented urbanisation, leading to rapid growth of low income urban settlements, calls for an urgent review of existing policies. ...
www.wupafrica.org/toolkit/policies/making-policy.html - 20k - Cached - Similar pages

Many low-income urban settlements are unplanned, established informally (if not illegally) and therefore neglected by responsible local authorities. ...
www1.oecd.org/dac/urbenv/body3.html - 21k - Cached - Similar pages

Susana Galilea
United States
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Spanish

5 mins confidence:

squatter settlements/neighborhoods

Explanation:
E.g. http://tinyurl.com/kd5h4 . I wouldn't include a direct translation of "popular", as the use of the adjective "squatter" includes that connotation.

GoodWords
Mexico
Native speaker of:

English

24 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

urban slum areas

Explanation:
han provocado la creación de asentamientos populares urbanos = have prompted the growth of urban slum areas

Henry Hinds
United States
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English,

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 68

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)

agree

Susana Galilea: "slum" is the word I was looking for :)

12 mins

-> Gracias, Susana.

agree

Manuel Rossetti: si vi un programa el otro dia en la television teniendo que ver con esta tema- y si, yo usaria urban slum areas.

14 mins

-> Gracias, Emily.

neutral

GoodWords: Asentamientos are particularly places where people move in without permits, ownership or urban planning; "slums" includes these, but also applies to other types of poor neighbourhoods that are not asentimientos, such as inner-city slums.

2 hrs

-> In the US, inner-city slums are common, whereas in Mexico they refer more to slums around the fringes, often "irregulares", but they can also be legally owned. I think "slums" is generically a good term for "asentamientos populares", also "marginados".

1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

informal urban settlements

Explanation:
I believe that is the expression used by the UN.
"informal" means that there is no planning.

United Nations - Office of the Under-Secretary-General -
United Nations. Office of the Under-Secretary-General ... Finally, in the case of informal urban settlements, only limited progress has been made in ...
www.un.org/esa/desa/ousg/statements/2004/20040419_csd12.htm...

The Urbanization of Poverty -
According to a new report from the United Nations Human Settlements Program, ... Large informal urban settlements are uncommon in affluent countries, ...
www.fguide.org/Bulletin/urbanpov.htm

peopleandplanet.net > cities > newsfile > nearly 80 per cent of ... -
More than half of the 29 case study cities covered in the UN-Habitat report ... such as in slums and informal urban settlements, it is they who suffer most ...
www.peopleandplanet.net/doc.php?id=2059

Habitat Debate, September 2003 Vol. 9 No. 3 -
... particularly in the densely populated informal urban settlements. ... As a member of the United Nations Millennium Task Force, UN-HABITAT has recently ...
hq.unhabitat.org/hd/hdv9n3/4.asp

Paula Pereira Fernandes
Portugal
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 4

Note from asker to answerer

Thanks to all for the great suggestions, this one seemed to fit best in the text

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Spanish: asentamientos populares urbanos

English translation: informal urban settlements