A shanty town, squatter area or squatter settlement is a settlement of improvised buildings known as shanties or shacks, typically made of materials such as mud and wood. A typical shanty town is squatted and in the beginning lacks adequate infrastructure, including proper sanitation, safe water supply, electricity and street drainage. Over time, shanty towns can develop their infrastructure and even change into middle class neighbourhoods. They can be small informal settlements or they can house millions of people.
First used in North America to designate a shack, the term shanty is likely derived from Frenchchantier (construction site and associated low-level workers' quarters), or alternatively from Scottish Gaelicsean (pronounced[ʃɛn]) meaning 'old' and taigh (pronounced[tʰɤj]) meaning 'house[hold]'. (Full article...)
Image 10Cottage flats are a style of housing common in Scotland, where there are single floor dwellings at ground level, and similar dwellings on the floor above.
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