Invisible homelessness: anonymity, exposure, and the right to the city

Urban Geography

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 1030-1048

  Langegger, Sig ^a   Koester, Stephen ^b  

^a AKITA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

anonymity; exposure theory; Homelessness; public space; right to the city

Indexed keywords

HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN RIGHTS; PUBLIC SPACE; SOCIAL JUSTICE; URBAN GEOGRAPHY;

COLORADO; DENVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84961393604     PISSN: 02723638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02723638.2016.1147755     Document Type: Article

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