Homelessness to Hope
Research, Policy and Global Perspectives
- 1st Edition - April 16, 2024
- Editors: Uday Chatterjee, Rajib Shaw, Lakshmi Sivaramakrishnan, Jenia Mukherjee, Raktima Ghosh
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 4 0 5 2 - 5
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 4 0 5 3 - 2
Homelessness to Hope: Research, Policy and Practices on Global Perspectives brings together stories, observations and critical appraisals that have emerged out of interdisc… Read more
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Request a sales quoteHomelessness to Hope: Research, Policy and Practices on Global Perspectives brings together stories, observations and critical appraisals that have emerged out of interdisciplinary studies spanning 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.
In addition, 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 book's 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.
- 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
Students and scholars of Social Policy, Urban Sociology, Economics, Psychology and Global Social Science Studies, Asian Studies, Policy makers, environmentalists, NGOs, Corporate sectors, social scientists, government organizations actively working on leading areas of homelessness and homeless people
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Contributors
- About the editors
- Preface
- Section I. Introduction
- Chapter 1. Home, homeless, and homelessness
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Significance of addressing homelessness and global scenario
- 3. Indian scenario of home, homeless, and homelessness
- 4. Challenges and opportunities in addressing homelessness
- 5. Conclusion
- Chapter 2. Conceptualizing homelessness in context to global south
- 1. Introduction: Conceptualizing “homelessness”
- 2. Complex factors associated with “homelessness” in global south
- 3. Conclusion
- Section II. Rural urban homelessness and socioecological drivers
- Chapter 3. Urbanization, poverty, and homelessness in Zambian cities: A threat to the achievement of sustainable development goals
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Limitations of the study
- 3. Materials and methods
- 4. Rationale of the study
- 5. Urbanization, poverty, and homelessness in Zambia
- 6. Government strategies for sustainable urbanization and housing
- 7. Recommendations
- 8. Conclusions
- Chapter 4. Strengthening rural–urban linkage through growth center to reduce homelessness
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Methodology
- 3. Analysis and discussion
- 4. Findings and recommendations
- 5. Conclusion
- Chapter 5. Migrants and homelessness: Life on the streets in urban India
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Recent trends in migration
- 3. Methodology
- 4. Results and discussion
- 5. Internal migration—the push and pull factors
- 6. Migrant's life in urban India
- 7. Recommendations and way forward
- 8. Conclusion
- 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
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Study area
- 3. Objectives of the present study
- 4. Materials and methods
- 5. Shilai river and drainage system characteristics of lower Shilai watershed
- 6. Reasons for flooding in the lower reaches of Shilai river
- 7. Downstream effects of Shilai pick-up barrage on rivers of lower Shilai watershed
- 8. The extent of flood damage in lower reaches of Shilai river
- 9. Impact assessment of Shilai river flood
- 10. The multidimensional impact of flood in the lower reaches of Shilai river
- 11. Livelihood status of the surveyed households
- 12. Resilience strategies: Pre-flood preparedness and post-flood relief and rehabilitation
- 13. Conclusion
- Chapter 7. Climate-change induced out-migration and resultant women empowerment: Glimpses of resilience from Indian Sundarbans
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Research question
- 3. Study area
- 4. Objectives
- 5. Materials and methods
- 6. Result and discussion
- 7. Conclusion
- Chapter 8. Comparing rural and urban homelessness in the context of environmental vulnerability in India's hill states
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Overview of homelessness in rural and urban areas
- 3. Factors contributing to homelessness in hill states
- 4. Homelessness trends and patterns in the Himalayan hill states
- 5. Discussion
- 6. Conclusion
- Chapter 9. The price of a roof: How rental stress is fueling hidden homelessness in Khulna City, Bangladesh
- 1. Introduction
- 2. (Re)conceptualizing hidden homelessness for Bangladesh
- 3. Methodology
- 4. Results and discussion
- 5. Discussion
- 6. Conclusion
- Chapter 10. Urbanization, homelessness, and climate change: Urban resilience challenges in Indonesia
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Materials and methods
- 3. Results and discussion
- 4. Conclusions
- Chapter 11. Contextualizing the drivers of homelessness among women in Kolkata megacity: An exploratory study
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Methodology
- 3. Results
- 4. Discussions
- 5. Strengths and limitations
- 6. Conclusion
- Chapter 12. Distress in ecological drivers and its impact on homelessness: Case study of Sagar Island
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Identification of study area
- 3. Methodology
- 4. Result and discussion
- 5. Conclusion
- Section III. Homelessness and social stress
- Chapter 13. Surviving the streets: An unequal battle for homeless women
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Methods and materials
- 3. Results and discussion
- 4. Conclusion and recommendations: Achieving gender equality in the streets
- 5. Future research
- Chapter 14. A portrait of poverty in the street of Jakarta, Indonesia: Manusia Karung “Sack People”and their deceptive path to prosperity through compassion
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Rationale of the study
- 3. Limitations of the study
- 4. Materials and methods
- 5. Results and discussion
- 6. Challenges and solutions
- 7. Recommendations
- 8. Conclusions
- Chapter 15. Effects of homelessness on quality of life and health
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Materials and methods
- 3. Results and discussion
- 4. Limitations of the study
- 5. Recommendations
- 6. Conclusions
- Chapter 16. The quality of life pathways linking homelessness to health: A case of Bangladesh
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Defining key concepts
- 3. Theoretical framework
- 4. Pathways of homelessness to health
- 5. Limitations and implications
- 6. Conclusions
- Section IV. Homelessness, governancy policy and sustainable solution
- Chapter 17. Exploring the model of Urban Innovation District as a solution for housing need in Neoliberal era: Case of Amravati, India
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Research methodology
- 3. Literature review
- 4. Potential of Amravati as innovation district
- 5. Conclusion
- Chapter 18. Urbanization as a remedy for homelessness: An analysis of the positive effect of peri-urban development
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Limitations of the study
- 3. Methodology
- 4. Result and discussion
- 5. Findings and recommendations
- 6. Conclusion
- Chapter 19. Meta-analysis of housing policy in India (1990–2022)
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Materials and methods
- 3. Results and discussion
- 4. Limitations of the study
- 5. Conclusion
- Chapter 20. Homelessness in the context of extreme poverty: Social policy from Indonesia
- 1. Introduction
- 2. The rationale of the study
- 3. Materials and methods
- 4. Results and discussion
- 5. Limitations of the study
- 6. Recommendations
- 7. Conclusions
- Chapter 21. Housing intervention for people who are homeless in Indonesia: Combining institutional and community-based approaches
- 1. Introduction
- 2. The rationale of the study
- 3. Materials and methods
- 4. Results and discussion
- 5. Limitations of the study
- 6. Recommendations
- 7. Conclusions
- Chapter 22. Government policy transformation toward a reformed rental housing ecosystem as a mitigator of homelessness in postpandemic India
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Literature review
- 3. Assessment of existing government policies on rental housing
- 4. Case studies: International best practices
- 5. Recommendations for rental housing policy transformations for the homeless
- 6. Future directions in policy, practice, and research on rental housing for mitigating homelessness
- 7. Conclusion
- Chapter 23. Homelessness and solution-oriented pathways and recommendations
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Literature review
- 3. Solution-oriented pathways
- 4. Role of government
- 5. Politics of generosity
- 6. Individualized choice-based supports
- 7. Inclusive politics (social justice)
- 8. Limitations of the study
- 9. Challenges to solution-oriented pathways
- 10. Recommendations
- 11. Conclusions
- Chapter 24. Social support system and rights for survival of homeless people
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Study area
- 3. Data and methodology
- 4. Social support network
- 5. Social, economic, and political rights of homeless people
- 6. Conclusion
- Chapter 25. Trends, associated factors, and the policy necessities with a special focus on the Quality of Life (QoL) of the homeless populations
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Limitations of the study
- 3. Materials and methods
- 4. Results and discussion
- 5. Challenges and solutions
- 6. Recommendations
- 7. Conclusion
- Index
- No. of pages: 528
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: April 16, 2024
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Paperback ISBN: 9780443140525
- eBook ISBN: 9780443140532
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Uday Chatterjee
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Rajib Shaw
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Lakshmi Sivaramakrishnan
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Jenia Mukherjee
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