Tag:residential=irregular_settlement
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| A residential area with makeshift homes and limited services, lacking formal planning, and sometimes officially unrecognized by authorities. |
| Group: landuse |
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| Status: in use |
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This tag is used together with landuse=residential, to further refine the residential=* key.
Very dense residential areas or settlements (in inner city, urban, peri-urban, or suburban areas), displaying characteristics such as crowding (or overcrowding) and compact, or sub-standard housing units. The residential area are often traversed by a network of foot paths or narrow roads, with inadequate or informal delivery of utilities; reflecting a precarious or informal state of occupation reliant on (political) dependency on local authorities
