How do settlers get land tenure in squatter settlements

1. What is land tenure in squatter settlements?
2. How do squatter settlements develop?
3. What is informal land tenure?
4. What are the challenges faced in squatter settlements?

What is land tenure in squatter settlements?

Informality of land tenure is usually a key characteristic of urban slums in the. cities of developing countries. Informal tenure often involves squatting, where households occupy a parcel of land that belongs to someone else while paying no financial compensation.

How do squatter settlements develop?

Squatter settlement or slum upgrading is a process through which informal areas are gradually improved, formalized, and incorporated into the city itself, through extension of land and services to the dwellers. It provides squatter dwellers with the social, economic, institutional, and community services in the cities.

What is informal land tenure?

'Informal land tenure' is an umbrella term for tenure systems that are not formally recognised by the state within the legal system. This can range from de facto rights obtained by long-term occupancy, to well-established customary systems of tenure. Informal land rights are not synonymous with insecure land rights.

What are the challenges faced in squatter settlements?

Squatter settlements also often lack proper sanitation, water supply, electricity or telephone services. Squatter settlements vary in the type, age and quality.