Homelessness in the United States: 1980-1990
Homelessness is a condition characterized by shelter insecurity, societal disaffiliation, and human suffering. It is a growing problem, spreadingfrom our urban centers to ourexurban landscape. It is also a complex problem, both in origin and solution. Since the late 1970s there has been a surge of m...
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crsagepubl:10.1177/088541229200700102 2023-05-15T15:25:38+02:00 Homelessness in the United States: 1980-1990 Collin, Robert W. 1992 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/088541229200700102 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/088541229200700102 en eng SAGE Publications http://journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license Journal of Planning Literature volume 7, issue 1, page 22-37 ISSN 0885-4122 1552-6593 Geography, Planning and Development journal-article 1992 crsagepubl https://doi.org/10.1177/088541229200700102 2022-04-14T04:48:49Z Homelessness is a condition characterized by shelter insecurity, societal disaffiliation, and human suffering. It is a growing problem, spreadingfrom our urban centers to ourexurban landscape. It is also a complex problem, both in origin and solution. Since the late 1970s there has been a surge of media coverage, research, legislation, and litigation regarding homelessness. Much of the research has been done by planners and planning academics. The planning literature on homelessnessfrom the 1980s has set the stage for the research, literature, and public policy concerning homelessness in the 1990s. This artide reviews the major early planning reports and the planning literature in terms of the definition of homelessness, its causes, and the short- and long-term solutions to it. Included are discussions about the politicization of the homeless count and the 1990 census. Undeveloped areas of planning research on homelessness are also presented. Article in Journal/Newspaper Artide SAGE Publications (via Crossref) Journal of Planning Literature 7 1 22 37 |
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Homelessness is a condition characterized by shelter insecurity, societal disaffiliation, and human suffering. It is a growing problem, spreadingfrom our urban centers to ourexurban landscape. It is also a complex problem, both in origin and solution. Since the late 1970s there has been a surge of media coverage, research, legislation, and litigation regarding homelessness. Much of the research has been done by planners and planning academics. The planning literature on homelessnessfrom the 1980s has set the stage for the research, literature, and public policy concerning homelessness in the 1990s. This artide reviews the major early planning reports and the planning literature in terms of the definition of homelessness, its causes, and the short- and long-term solutions to it. Included are discussions about the politicization of the homeless count and the 1990 census. Undeveloped areas of planning research on homelessness are also presented. |
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