temporary settlements
Short-term dwelling places
Temporary settlements are places where people live without intending to stay permanently.
The term often describes refugee camps, migrant worker housing, or communities displaced by disaster or conflict.
It can also refer to seasonal encampments or construction sites with worker housing: The temporary settlement grew into a permanent town over decades.
What begins as temporary often becomes less so.
- campsTemporary outdoor lodgings
- tent cityInformal settlement of temporary shelters
- refugee campShelter site for displaced foreigners
- tentsPortable fabric shelters
- base campExpedition's operational hub
encampments · shanties · shanty town · refugee · nomadic · makeshift · makeshift shelter · squatters · trailer park · bivouac · outpost · barracks · huts · shelters · transient · migrant · caravan · lean-to
temporary settlementsancestral homelands
Regions where forebears originated
historic towns · traditional villages · indigenous territories · ancient cities
temporary settlementsancient cities
Urban centers from antiquity
historic towns · capital cities · metropolitan areas · heritage sites · traditional villages
temporary settlementsurban centers
Densely populated municipal areas
metropolitan areas · modern cities · concrete jungles · capital cities
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