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Autore |
Tipple A. Graham |
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Titolo |
The hidden millions : homelessness in developing countries / / Graham Tipple and Suzanne Speak |
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London ; ; New York, : Routledge, c2009 |
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ISBN |
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1-134-09139-7 |
1-282-01644-X |
9786612016448 |
0-203-88334-9 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (342 p.) |
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Collana |
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Housing and society series |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Homeless persons - Housing - Developing countries |
Homelessness - Developing countries |
Homelessness |
Housing policy - Developing countries |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 280-314) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Tables; Figures; Foreword; Acknowledgements; 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 isolation12 Children and homelessness; 13 Towards strategic interventions for homeless people; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This book explores the extent, causes and characteristics of homelessness in developing countries. Bringing together a major review of literature and empirical case studies, it is invaluable for those studying, researching or working in housing, homelessness, social policy or urban poverty.Drawing on local research in nine countries in |
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