Towards a contextual approach to the place-homeless survival nexus: An exploratory case study of Los Angeles County

Cities

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 307-317

  Marr, Matthew D ^a   DeVerteuil, Geoff ^a   Snow, David ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Homelessness; Place; Space; Subsistence; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; HOMELESSNESS; METROPOLITAN AREA; SHELTER; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SUBSISTENCE; SURVIVAL; URBAN AREA; URBAN SOCIETY;

CALIFORNIA; LOS ANGELES COUNTY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70449635092     PISSN: 02642751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2009.07.008     Document Type: Article

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