Homelessness to Hope

Research, Policy and Global Perspectives

Uday Chatterjee, Rajib Shaw, Lakshmi Sivaramakrishnan, Jenia Mukherjee, Raktima Ghosh, Uday Chatterjee, Rajib Shaw, Lakshmi Sivaramakrishnan, Jenia Mukherjee, Raktima Ghosh

• Publisher: Elsevier
• Year: 2024
• Print ISBN:
  9780443140525
• eBook ISBN:
  9780443140532
• Topic: Social Sciences
• Subtopic: Environmental Science
• Index: Social Sciences

Homelessness to Hope: Research, Policy and Practices on Global Perspectives brings together stories, observations and critical appraisals that have emerged out of the interdisciplinary studies spanning across 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 from around the world. 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 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. This volume is a useful guide to the students, researchers, practitioners, and policymakers interested in expanding their understanding on homelessness as well as formulating effective pathways for improvements or change. - Features contributions from interdisciplinary researchers involved with ethnographic, historical and sustainability research across the plane of social sciences: sociology, human geography, history, economics, psychology, development studies, population studies, South Asian studies, and political science - Builds upon the current scholarship on homelessness, focusing on high-, medium- and low-income countries of the world, tracing out the commonalities, variabilities and interconnections within the processes and contexts of homelessness across nations - Adheres to a solution-focused approach, emphasizing collaboration among practitioners, activists, grass-roots organizations, and researchers in designing action-oriented pathways

Table of contents

• Cover
• Front Matter
• Table of Contents
• Copyright
• Contributors
• About the editors
• Preface
• List of Illustrations
• List of Tables
• Chapter 1 : Home, homeless, and homelessness
• Chapter 2 : Conceptualizing homelessness in context to global south
• Chapter 3 : Urbanization, poverty, and homelessness in Zambian cities: A threat to the achievement of sustainable development goals
• Chapter 4 : Strengthening rural–urban linkage through growth center to reduce homelessness
• Chapter 5 : Migrants and homelessness: Life on the streets in urban India
• Chapter 6 : Impact of flood vulnerability on livelihood, health, and homelessness: A case study of flood-affected blocks in lower Shilai watershed, West Bengal, India
• Chapter 7 : Climate-change induced out-migration and resultant women empowerment: Glimpses of resilience from Indian Sundarbans
• Chapter 8 : Comparing rural and urban homelessness in the context of environmental vulnerability in India's hill states
• Chapter 9 : The price of a roof: How rental stress is fueling hidden homelessness in Khulna City, Bangladesh
• Chapter 10 : Urbanization, homelessness, and climate change: Urban resilience challenges in Indonesia
• Chapter 11 : Contextualizing the drivers of homelessness among women in Kolkata megacity: An exploratory study
• Chapter 12 : Distress in ecological drivers and its impact on homelessness: Case study of Sagar Island
• Chapter 13 : Surviving the streets: An unequal battle for homeless women
• Chapter 14 : A portrait of poverty in the street of Jakarta, Indonesia: Manusia Karung “Sack People”and their deceptive path to prosperity through compassion
• Chapter 15 : Effects of homelessness on quality of life and health
• Chapter 16 : The quality of life pathways linking homelessness to health: A case of Bangladesh
• Chapter 17 : Exploring the model of Urban Innovation District as a solution for housing need in Neoliberal era: Case of Amravati, India
• Chapter 18 : Urbanization as a remedy for homelessness: An analysis of the positive effect of peri-urban development
• Chapter 19 : Meta-analysis of housing policy in India (1990–2022)
• Chapter 20 : Homelessness in the context of extreme poverty: Social policy from Indonesia
• Chapter 21 : Housing intervention for people who are homeless in Indonesia: Combining institutional and community-based approaches
• Chapter 22 : Government policy transformation toward a reformed rental housing ecosystem as a mitigator of homelessness in postpandemic India
• Chapter 23 : Homelessness and solution-oriented pathways and recommendations
• Chapter 24 : Social support system and rights for survival of homeless people
• Chapter 25 : Trends, associated factors, and the policy necessities with a special focus on the Quality of Life (QoL) of the homeless populations
• Index
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