Lost in space: the criminalization, globalization, and urban ecology of homelessness

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 poin...

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Main Author: Amster, Randall (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY LFB Scholarly Publ. LLC 2008
In:Year: 2008
Online Access: Table of Contents (Publisher)
Availability in Tübingen:Present in Tübingen.
UB: KB 20 A 3384
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Keywords:
Urban ecology (Sociology)
Homelessness > Arizona > Tempe
Urban ecology
Homelessness
Public spaces
Homeless Persons
Crime and globalization
Obdachlosigkeit > Öffentlicher Raum > Grundbedürfnis > Kriminalisierung
Obdachlosigkeit > Stadtökologie
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Summary: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
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Physical Description:XIII, 269 S, Ill
ISBN:1-59332-297-6
978-1-59332-297-7