Housing and homelessness

Originally published in 1988, Accommodating Inequality provides a basis for a radical re-think of housing policy and provision in Australia from a gender perspective.

First published in 1980, The Survivors is a detailed and original study of the experiences of homeless young people in central London.

Originally published in 1986, this book compares and evaluates the effects of converting rental housing into owner occupancy in the USA, the UK and Germany.

Las plataformas digitales están ocupando una posición central y determinante en el creciente flujo de relaciones jurídicas y comerciales que en torno a ellas se articulan.

Para la gestión de servicios públicos, y en general para el cumplimiento de muchos de sus cometidos, las Administraciones Públicas se desenvuelven en el espacio que se abre entre su potestad de autoorganización y la opción por la contratación, inexcusablemente sometida al principio de concurrencia en la adjudicación.

Shortlisted for the 2023 Sunday Times Literary Awards'One of the best works of narrative non-fiction to emerge from the country in years.

El fenómeno de la colaboración público-privada en la gestión de servicios sociales y asistenciales alude a una realidad extremadamente compleja que no solo afecta a las estructuras, sino que alcanza a los cimientos del Estado social.

Originally published in 1971, Homes in High Flats was written at a time when multi-storey flats were a popular solution to the world-wide need for mass housing because they could be produced with speed.

Since 1952, CBC television has played a unique role as the primary mass media purveyor of Canadian history.

Since 1952, CBC television has played a unique role as the primary mass media purveyor of Canadian history.

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S FAVOURITE BOOKS OF 2023 A searing study of American poverty from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of EvictedThe United States is the richest country on earth, yet has more poverty than any other advanced democracy.

This book provides an accessible introduction to food inequality in the United States, offering readers a broad survey of the most important topics and issues and exploring how economics, culture, and public policy have shaped our current food landscape.

This authoritative reference work explores the factors driving the much-debated increase in economic inequality in U.

A case-based, clinical guide applicable to a variety of settings, this book offers evidence-based expert advice on the difficult challenges inherent in working with underserved homeless populations.

Manufactured Insecurityis the first book of its kind to provide an in-depth investigation of the social, legal, geospatial, and market forces that intersect to create housing insecurity for an entire class of low-income residents.

From 2007 to 2012, almost five percent of American adults-about ten million people-lost their homes because they could not make mortgage payments.

The Asia and Pacific region continued to grow despite a difficult external global environment.

The People's Republic of China (PRC) has made advances in narrowing gender gaps in its labor market.

Providing access to clean water continues to be a challenge for governments.

In 1964, President Lyndon Johnson declared an "e;unconditional war"e; on poverty in the form of sweeping federal programs to assist millions of Americans.

This publication provides a standard compilation of supply and use tables (SUTs) for 19 economies in Asia and the Pacific to help them comply with the United Nations 2008 System of National Accounts (SNA) recommendations.

Homelessness in America's cities remains a growing problem.

The ways that social advocates organize to fight unaffordable housing and homelessness in Los Angeles, illuminated by a new conceptual framework for studying collective actionHow Civic Action Works renews the tradition of inquiry into collective, social problem solving.

Nearly forty percent of humanity lives on an average of two dollars a day or less.

Today the United States has one of the highest poverty rates among the world's rich industrial democracies.

This edited collection speaks to and expands on existing debates around incarceration.

Mi Rinconcito en el Cielo (My Little Corner of the Sky) tells the remarkable story of Alberto "e;Beto"e; Gonzales, who overcame a childhood of poverty, addiction, bigotry, and violence and went on to change the lives of thousands of children and adults as a mentor and gang prevention specialist.

A pesar de inversiones significativas y el desarrollo de una amplia gama de políticas públicas durante más de siete décadas, la marginalidad urbana persiste en muchas ciudades latinoamericanas.

This book focuses on the contemporary fired clay brick to explore themes of home and house, homeownership, materiality, and sense of place.

This book focuses on the contemporary fired clay brick to explore themes of home and house, homeownership, materiality, and sense of place.

In earlier studies, Peter Willmott and other investigators had documented the social problems of new housing estates - the loneliness, the tensions, the disruption of family and neighbourhood ties.

In earlier studies, Peter Willmott and other investigators had documented the social problems of new housing estates - the loneliness, the tensions, the disruption of family and neighbourhood ties.

Acontecimientos recientes han puesto en evidencia que hoy más que nunca las políticas urbanas, en general, y las intervenciones (territorializadas) del Estado sobre la cuestión urbana definen un complejo rompecabezas para armar.

This book uses the transformative innovation policy (TIP) as a lens to show how innovative processes, practices and systems could address critical challenges and facilitate the delivery of sustainable human settlements in South Africa.

A groundbreaking account of the early history of rent control Written by one of the country’s foremost urban historians, The Great Rent Wars tells the fascinating but little-known story of the battles between landlords and tenants in the nation’s largest city from 1917 through 1929.

What is it about the concept of “home” that makes its loss so profound and devastating, and how should the trauma of exile and alienation be approached theologically?

An intimate portrait of India’s child runaways, and the sociopolitical forces shaping their lives This intimate portrait examines the tracks, journeys, and experiences of child runaways in northern India.

Every child has the right to read.

In the context of contemporary economic, political, social and cultural transformations, this book brings together contributions from developed and emerging societies in Europe, the USA and East Asia in order to highlight the nature, extent and impact of these changes on the housing opportunities of women.

This is an insightful study of spatial planning and housing strategy in London, focusing on the period 2000-2008 and the Mayoralty of Ken Livingstone.

Based on rich interview data drawn from a large scale longitudinal study of homeless young people, this book examines the personal, familial and structural factors that impact on homeless young people's long-term outcomes.

Since the 2008 financial crisis, complex capital flows have ravaged everyday communities across the globe.

In Break the Caste, George Gerharz unmasks common American misperceptions of poverty, inequality, and social mobility.

This book looks at slums and social exclusion in the four major megacities of India and Brazil, and analyzes the interrelationships between urban policies and housing and environmental issues.

Electricity shortages in South Asia are adversely impacting the region's socioeconomic development.

To help overcome remoteness, Pacific economies are looking to improve economic integration not only through ICT and transport network investments, but also by promoting greater competition and private investment.

The Pilot Program for Climate Resilience (PPCR) is a funding window of the Climate Investment Funds, of which the Asian Development Bank (ADB) is a major partner in Asia and the Pacific, delivering investments through six country programs (Bangladesh, Cambodia, Nepal, Papua New Guinea, Tajikistan, and Tonga) and one regional program for the Pacific.

The Climate Change Operational Framework 2017-2030 is intended to provide broad direction and guidance for enhancing resilience and strengthening climate actions in the operations and business processes of the Asian Development Bank (ADB).

The 1997 Asian financial crisis hit the region and became a defining moment for Asia and the Asian Development Bank (ADB).

The Asia and Pacific region experienced continued growth.