03378nam 2200685Ia 450 991078270480332120230721004919.01-134-09139-71-282-01644-X97866120164480-203-88334-9(CKB)1000000000715691(EBL)413132(OCoLC)476235790(SSID)ssj0000170718(PQKBManifestationID)12023643(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000170718(PQKBWorkID)10225544(PQKB)11226010(MiAaPQ)EBC413132(Au-PeEL)EBL413132(CaPaEBR)ebr10282465(CaONFJC)MIL201644(EXLCZ)99100000000071569120080804d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe hidden millions[electronic resource] homelessness in developing countries /Graham Tipple and Suzanne SpeakLondon ;New York Routledgec20091 online resource (342 p.)Housing and society seriesDescription based upon print version of record.0-415-42672-3 0-415-42671-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. 280-314) and index.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 conflict11 Exclusion, perceptions and isolation12 Children and homelessness; 13 Towards strategic interventions for homeless people; Notes; Bibliography; IndexThis 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 the global south, this book offers an insight into the lives of homeless people, public perceptions of homelessness, and the policies and interventions which might variously increase or reduce homelessness. Exploring the human context as well as policyHousing and society series.Homeless personsHousingDeveloping countriesHomelessnessDeveloping countriesHomelessnessHousing policyDeveloping countriesHomeless personsHousingHomelessnessHomelessness.Housing policy362.509172/4Tipple A. Graham1480693Speak Suzanne1480694MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910782704803321The hidden millions3697415UNINA