The hidden millions
Subtitle: homelessness in developing countries
By: Graham Tipple & Suzanne Speak.
Contributors: Speak, Suzanne.
Series: Housing and society series
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 332
ISBN-13: 9780415426718; 9780415426725; 9780203883341
Subjects: Homelessness; Homelessness -- Developing countries; Homeless persons -- Housing -- Developing countries; Housing policy -- Developing countries
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Current theory on homelessness; title: Homelessness and international housing policy; title: The continuing urban housing shortfall and affordability crisis; title: Defining homelessness in developing countries; title: Accommodation conditions and differentiating between homeless people and those in inadequate housing; title: Estimating the hidden millions; title: Who are the hidden millions?; title: Economic, social and cultural causes; title: Political and legal issues; title: Disaster and conflict; title: Exclusion, perceptions and isolation; title: Children and homelessness; title: Towards strategic interventions for homeless people.