Beyond punitive regulation? New Zealand local governments' responses to homelessness

Antipode

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 649-667

  Laurenson, Penelope ^a   Collins, Damian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Begging; Homelessness; New Zealand; Public policy; Urban public space

Indexed keywords

HOMELESSNESS; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; PUBLIC SPACE; URBAN HOUSING; URBAN POLICY; URBAN SERVICE;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 34548741328     PISSN: 00664812     EISSN: 14678330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8330.2007.00545.x     Document Type: Article

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