Housing patterns of homeless people: The ecology of the street in the Era of Urban Renewal

Journal of Contemporary Ethnography

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 71-101

  Wasserman, Jason Adam ^a   Clair, Jeffrey Michael ^b  

^a KANSAS CITY UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND BIOSCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

community; gentrification; homelessness; redevelopment; urbanism

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650793106     PISSN: 08912416     EISSN: 15525414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891241610388417     Document Type: Article

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