Hidden homelessness: An indicator-based approach for examining the geographies of recent immigrants at-risk of homelessness in Greater Vancouver

Cities

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 205-216

  Fiedler, Rob ^a   Schuurman, Nadine ^a   Hyndman, Jennifer ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; GIS; Greater Vancouver; homelessness; Housing need; immigration and housing

Indexed keywords

GIS; HOMELESSNESS; IMMIGRANT; POPULATION MIGRATION; SOCIAL CONFLICT; SOCIAL HOUSING; SOCIAL INDICATOR;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; VANCOUVER;

EID: 33646446014     PISSN: 02642751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2006.03.004     Document Type: Article

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