| Spanish | English |
| asentamiento de "squatters" | squatter settlement Settlement on land or property to which there is no legal title |
| asentamiento transitorio | transitional settlement |
| asentamiento transitorio | transitional settlement A small village, community or group of houses, or other shelters, usually located in a thinly populated area and existing there for only a short time |
| asentamientos humanos | human settlement |
| asentamientos humanos | human settlement Cities, towns, villages, and other concentrations of human populations which inhabit a given segment or area of the environment. Human settlements are associated with numerous and complex environmental, pollution, and living condition problems for planning and management |
| asentamientos rurales | rural settlement |
| asentamientos rurales | rural settlement A collection of dwellings located in a rural area |
| asentamientos urbanos | urban settlement |
| asentamientos urbanos | urban settlement A collection of dwellings located in an urban area |
| aspecto ambiental de asentamientos humanos | environmental aspect of human settlements |
| aspecto ambiental de asentamientos humanos | environmental aspect of human settlements Human settlements have an adverse impact on many ecosystems and on themselves by the addition of toxic or harmful substances to the outer lithosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere. The major types of environmental pollutants are sewage, trace metals, petroleum hydrocarbons, synthetic organic compounds, and gaseous emissions. Most, if not all, of the additions of potentially harmful substances to the environment are result of the population growth and the technological advances of industrial societies |
| aspectos ambientales de los asentamientos humanos | environmental aspect of human settlements |
| aspectos socioeconómicos de los asentamientos humanos | socioeconomic aspect of human settlements |
| concentración de asentamientos | settlement concentration |
| concentración de asentamientos | settlement concentration The distribution or total amount of communities, villages and houses within a specified geographic area |
| extensión de asentamientos | urban sprawl |
| extensión de asentamientos | urban sprawl The physical pattern of low-density expansion of large urban areas under market conditions into the surrounding agricultural areas. Sprawl lies in advance of the principal lines of urban growth and implies little planning control of land subdivision. Development is patchy, scattered and strung out, with a tendency to discontinuity because it leap-frogs over some areas, leaving agricultural enclaves |
| ordenación de los asentamientos humanos | human settlements management |
| ordenación de los asentamientos humanos | human settlement management |
