The hidden millions : homelessness in developing countries / Graham Tipple and Suzanne Speak.

By:

Tipple, A. Graham

Contributor(s):

Speak, Suzanne

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Housing and society seriesPublication details: London ; New York : Routledge, 2009.Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 327 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780203883341
0203883349
1134091397
9781134091393
9786612016448
6612016442

Other title:

Homelessness in developing countries

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Hidden millions.DDC classification:

362.5/09172/4 22

LOC classification:

HV4493 .T57 2009eb

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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.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 280-314) and index.

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.