International Perspectives on Rural HomelessnessPaul Cloke, Paul Milbourne Drawing on recent academic studies in North America, Europe, Australia and New Zealand, this book is the first international text on homelessness in rural areas. Consisting of fifteen specially commissioned chapters, International Perspectives on Rural Homelessness provides comparative material on the cultural, political and policy contexts of rural homelessness, examining the nature and scale of the issue and the complex local geographies of rural homelessness. |
Contents
The hidden faces of rural homelessness | 1 |
2 Rural homelessness in the United States | 9 |
American dreams and nightmares in Indian Country | 25 |
4 Quasihomelessness among rural trailerpark households in the United States | 45 |
5 Homelessness in rural and small town Canada | 63 |
A national overview | 79 |
7 The hidden and neglected experiences of homelessness in rural England | 97 |
8 Knowing homelessness in rural England | 121 |
10 Are there any homeless people in rural Finland? | 161 |
11 Homelessness in rural Ireland | 188 |
A geography of rural homelessness in Australia | 208 |
13 Homelessness amongst young people in rural regions of Australia | 231 |
The paradox of rural homelessness in New Zealand | 247 |
15 Writingrighting rural homelessness | 261 |
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Other editions - View all
International Perspectives on Rural Homelessness Paul J. Cloke,Paul Milbourne No preview available - 2012 |
International Perspectives on Rural Homelessness Paul Milbourne,Paul J. Cloke No preview available - 2006 |
Common terms and phrases
able accommodation affordable housing agencies assistance authorities becoming homeless Cabrera Census cent Chamberlain and MacKenzie Chapter cities Cloke costs countryside Countryside Agency Dawes Act disaffiliation dwellings economic example families groups homeless persons homeless population Homelessness Act 2002 homelessness in Australia homelessness in England homelessness in rural homeownership housing need Indian issues lack land living low income Maori metropolitan Milbourne mobile homes mobile-home move Mt Gambier municipalities Narrabri Native American North Lincolnshire NSHAPC number of homeless ofhomelessness percent poor poverty private rented problems programmes rates recent regions of Finland rental renters residents response risk of homelessness Robinson rough sleeping rural areas rural communities rural England rural homelessness rural housing rural Ireland rural regions SAAP sector shelter situations sleeping rough social spatial tenants tenure ladder towns trailer parks urban areas urban centres welfare young Zealand