Full Description
Homelessness to Hope: Research, Policy and Practices on Global Perspectives brings together stories, observations and critical appraisals that have emerged out of interdisciplinary studies spanning the global North and South. It explores how diverse accounts on homelessness and homeless people are situated within the structural-institutional arrangements of the developing and developed worlds. Through its comparative framework, the book offers a broader understanding of the multiple ways in which homelessness is experienced, perceived, and addressed. The book uses cross-cutting theoretical framings (such as resilience, wellbeing, social-ecological systems, sustainability, urban planning, institutions, gender) and emerging discourses on homelessness to complement current empirical findings.
In addition, it provides insights on diverse concepts, meanings, perceptions, identities, and values concerning homelessness across rural and urban settings to promote a comprehensive understanding. In doing so, the book critically addresses the limits of contemporary discussions on homelessness, eviction, and poverty. Broadly, the book's authors explore the causations and processes of homelessness to shed light on physical, social, ontological, territorial, and cognitive facets of homelessness at both local and regional contexts across the world. Furthermore, the book lays a strong focus on viable transitions through identifying, comparing, and advocating for inclusive, collaborative, actionable measures and policies.
Contents
Section I: Introduction
1. Home, Homeless and Homelessness
2. The Colonial shadows of homelessness
Section II: Rural Urban Homelessness and Socioecological Drivers
3. Urbanization and homelessness
4. Processes of homelessness: linking rural-urban scenarios
5. Planetary and ecological drivers of homelessness
Section III: Homelessness and Social Stress
6. Homelessness and Poverty
7. Homelessness, Quality of life and Health
8. Homelessness, Climate Change and Social distress-Case Study
Section IV: Homelessness, Governancy Policy and Sustainable Solution
9. Homelessness in governance, economy, and policies
10. Solution-oriented pathways and recommendations
11. Homelessness to Hope: An Eco-Friendly Solution for Sustainable Development
Section V: Conclusions
12. Concluding chapter
