This article is about the unauthorized occupation of property. For other uses, see Squat (disambiguation).
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Squatting is the action of occupying an abandoned or unoccupied area of land or a building, usually residential, that the squatter does not own, rent or otherwise have lawful permission to use. The United Nations estimated in 2003 that there were one billion slum residents and squatters globally. Squatting occurs worldwide and tends to occur when people find empty buildings or land to occupy for housing. It has a long history, broken down by country below.
In developing countries and least developed countries, shanty towns often begin as squatted settlements. In African cities such as Lagos much of the population lives in slums. There are pavement dwellers in India and in Hong Kong as well as rooftop slums. Informal settlements in Latin America are known by names such as villa miseria (Argentina), pueblos jóvenes (Peru) and asentamientos irregulares (Guatemala, Uruguay). In Brazil, there are favelas in the major cities and rural land-based movements.
In industrialized countries, there are often residential squats and also political squatting movements, which can be anarchist, autonomist or socialist in nature, for example in the self-managed social centres of Italy or squats in the United States. Oppositional movements from the 1960s and 1970s created freespaces such as Freetown Christiania in Denmark and Ruigoord in the Netherlands. Each local situation determines the context: in England and Wales, there were estimated to be 50,000 squatters in the late 1970s; in Athens, Greece, there are refugee squats.
illegally or squatted. Squatting in the Czech Republic began in its modern form when anarchist and punk activists inspired by squatting movements in Amsterdam...
the hips. Squatting may be either full or partial. Crouching is usually considered to be synonymous with squatting. It is common to squat with one leg...
Look up squat, squatter, or squatting in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Squat, squatter or squatting may refer to: Squatting position, a sitting position...
Historically, squatting occurred during the California Gold Rush and when colonial European settlers established land rights. Squatting also occurred...
A squat toilet (or squatting toilet) is a toilet used by squatting, rather than sitting. This means that the posture for defecation and for female urination...
and often show admiration to the Putin regime. Gopniks are often seen squatting in groups "in court" (на кортах, na kortakh) or "doing the crab" (на крабе...
travellers or treesitters. There have been waves of squatting through British history. The BBC states that squatting was "a big issue in the Peasants' Revolt of...
Cybersquatting (also known as domain squatting) is the practice of registering, trafficking in, or using an Internet domain name, with a bad faith intent...
people into squatting in areas such as Ferentari. The first public squat in Romania was Carol 53, occupied in 2012. The English term "squatting" is used...
when squatting can vary from zero to widely splayed out, flexibility permitting. Squatting may be either: full – known as full squat, deep squat, grok...
Wales map includes the Riverine District with Squatting Runs. The colonial administration rejected squatting in 1833 but only with regards to trespass on...
concerned, finer lined vessels Cb <0.7 squatting by the stern and vessels with a Cb >0.7 squatting by the head or bow. Squat effect is approximately proportional...
Squatting in Crimea, also called the Samozakhvat (Russian and Ukrainian: Самозахват, lit. 'Self-occupation' or 'squatting') is the ongoing process of...
types of defecation postures to defecate: squatting and sitting. People use the squatting postures when using squat toilets or when defecating in the open...
Squatting in Spain refers to the occupation of unused or derelict buildings or land without the permission of the owner. In Francoist Spain migrant workers...
criminalized squatting yet discouraged evictions except in certain cases, such as when the occupation was carried out by "professional squatters and squatting syndicates"...
Ukrainian) dances. The dancer squats and thrusts one foot out in turns. The term is occasionally translated in English as squatting (squat dance, e.g., in a translation...
Squatting in Malaysia is the occupation of unused or derelict buildings or land without the permission of the owner. Squatting began after World War II...
– On Squatting as Spatial Practice ISBN 9789083015200 Map of squatting in Amsterdam Map of squatting in Rotterdam Squatting in Leiden Squatting in Wageningen...
Jim Williams with an incredible 2,350 lbs total (raw). Kuc squatting 905 lbs for a record squat and attempting a 397½ (875 lbs) deadlift again, and Williams...
highlighted the housing crisis by squatting buildings. From the 1990s onwards there have been occasional political squats in Cork and Dublin such as Grangegorman...
The squat thrust or up down is a calisthenic exercise. It typically is performed as follows: Bend your knees and drop into a squat position, then fall...
world record by squatting 1075 pounds. He surpassed this record by squatting 1141 pounds in 2004. Brent Mikesell is also famous for his squat of 517.5 kg...
Squat lobsters are dorsoventrally flattened crustaceans with long tails held curled beneath the cephalothorax. They are found in the two superfamilies...
article in the Agricultural History Review noted instances of Iron Age squatting. Squatting was criminalised in 1865 by the Trespass Act. The number of cases...
subsequently dropped, risk free, within an accepted 5-day grace period. "TypoSquatting". Retrieved 2013-02-27. Web tool which shows lots of mistyped registered...
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