Lost in space [[electronic resource] ] : the criminalization, globalization, and urban ecology of homelessness / / Randall Amster

• Autore: Amster Randall
• Pubblicazione: New York, : LFB Scholarly Publishing, 2008
• 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.: 9910781362503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II