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Amster Randall
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Titolo: |
Lost in space : the criminalization, globalization, and urban ecology of homelessness / / Randall Amster
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Pubblicazione: | New York, : LFB Scholarly Publishing, 2008 |
Edizione: | 1st ed. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (283 p.) |
Disciplina: | 362.5 |
Soggetto topico: | Homelessness |
Homelessness - Arizona - Tempe | |
Urban ecology (Sociology) | |
Public spaces | |
Homeless persons | |
Crime and globalization | |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-263) and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Facing the "homeless problem" : subsistence, survival, and skid row -- Urban ecology and public space : Disney, development, and dystopia -- Patterns of exclusion : the perversity of homeless criminalization -- Mapping the territory : meanings, methodologies, means and ends -- Case in point : a brief history of the Tempe sidewalk ordinance -- The ecology of resistance : human rights struggles and the contested realms of public space -- Cities of the future : localizing the global, globalizing the local. |
Sommario/riassunto: | Amster explores the historical and contemporary implications of homelessness both as a social and spatial problem, drawing upon academic disciplines and policy concerns ranging from urban geography to legal advocacy. Homeless people often find themselves on the front lines of a struggle to preserve places that are theoretically open to everyone regardless of status. Urban spaces in particular manifest a complex and dynamic ecology comprised of people, culture, architecture, technology, and the natural environment, often expressed through concrete processes such as gentrification, redevelopment |
Titolo autorizzato: | Lost in space ![]() |
ISBN: | 1-59332-555-X |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910813087903321 |
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