| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 327 pages) : illustrations. |
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| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Series |
Housing and society series
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Housing and society series.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 280-314) and index. |
| Contents |
1. Current understandings of homelessness -- 2. Homelessness and international housing policy -- 3. The continuing urban housing shortfall and affordability crisis -- 4. Defining homelessness in developing countries -- 5. Accommodation conditions and differentiating between homeless people and those in inadequate housing -- 6. Estimating the hidden millions -- 7. Who are the hidden millions? The characteristics of homeless people -- 8. Economic, social and cultural causes -- 9. Political and legal issues -- 10. Disaster and conflict -- 11. Exclusion, perceptions and isolation -- 12. Children and homelessness -- 13. Towards strategic interventions for homeless people -- Bibliography. |
| Summary |
Exploring the human context as well as policy and planning, this book looks at what actually happens to city dwellers once they become homeless, and presents challenging cases which illustrate the varying experiences of the homeless in cities around the world. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Homelessness.
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Homelessness. |
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Homelessness -- Developing countries.
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Developing countries. |
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Shelters for the homeless -- Developing countries.
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Shelters for the homeless. |
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Housing policy -- Developing countries.
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Housing policy. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Speak, Suzanne.
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| Added Title |
Homelessness in developing countries |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Tipple, A. Graham. Hidden millions. London ; New York : Routledge, 2009 9780415426718 0415426715 (DLC) 2008034017 (OCoLC)166379411 |
| ISBN |
9780203883341 (electronic book) |
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0203883349 (electronic book) |
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0415426715 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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0415426723 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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9780415426718 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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9780415426725 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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