Home is Where the House is: The Meaning of Home for People Sleeping Rough

Housing Studies

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 159-173

  Parsell, Cameron ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

homelessness; rough sleeping; The meaning of home

Indexed keywords

HOMELESSNESS; HOUSING; PSYCHOLOGY; RESEARCH; SLEEP;

AUSTRALIA; BRISBANE; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 84859572082     PISSN: 02673037     EISSN: 14661810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02673037.2012.632621     Document Type: Article

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