A Warm Meal and a Bed: Intersections of Housing and Food Security in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside

Housing Studies

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 709-729

  Miewald, Christiana ^a   Ostry, Aleck ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

building context; food programs; food security; housing infrastructure; Social housing

Indexed keywords

FOOD SECURITY; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSING PROVISION; INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING; LOW INCOME POPULATION; SHELTER; SOCIAL HOUSING; SOCIAL SECURITY;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; VANCOUVER [BRITISH COLUMBIA];

EID: 84906323499     PISSN: 02673037     EISSN: 14661810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02673037.2014.920769     Document Type: Review

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