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European standards for housing and infrastructure are inappropriate and unaffordable for the majority of the urban poor in developing countries. But what is the alternative? This was the issue addressed by an international research project within ITDG's Shelter Program, of which this book is the major output. Since the majority of urban residents in developing countries currently live in unplanned and illegal settlements, there is obviously a need for a new paradigm, abandoning the colonial inheritance and using a much more flexible approach. Standards need to be revised continuously to...