SNo | Planned Area | Unplanned or Informal area |
1. | Land is planned and surveyed. | Land is in most cases unplanned and unsurveyed though some lots may be sporadically surveyed. |
2. | Land is legally occupied. | Land may be occupied informally, or invaded or squatted upon. |
3. | Has regularly shaped land lots. | Has irregularly shaped land lots. |
4. | There is little or no land subdivision after approval of the survey plan. | Uncontrolled land subdivision continues all the time. |
5. | Has land for infrastructure such as roads and drains. This infrastructure may be in place or will in the long-run be in place. | Has no land for infrastructure. May have non-standard and windery roads, or no roads at all, and most times, no drains. |
6. | All land lots are planned to be accessible by standard roads. | Some lots may not be accessible by road. Access may be by way of narrow paths. |
7. | Land is set aside for social infrastructure such as schools, health centres, play grounds, cemeteries, gardens, markets, religious institutions and so forth. | There is usually, no, or inadequate land for social infrastructure. |
8. | Development control can be enforced. Land developers are required to conform to some standards, procedures and regulations. | No development control. One’s entrance may be opening into another’s toilet. |
9. | Levies such as land rent or property tax may be charged. | Many times government levies are not charged. |
10. | Have advantages in terms of security and less vulnerability to fire and flood hazards. | Exposed to higher levels of vulnerability in terms of insecurity (including eviction and theft), fire, floods and environmental pollution hazards. |