Addressing homelessness with the “human ecology economics” framework: the role of the business community in California

International Journal of Social Economics

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2022, Pages 1368-1386

  Allen, Roy Evan ^a   Burns, Caroline ^a   Subrahmanyan, Saroja ^a  

^a SAINT MARY'S COLLEGE OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Beliefs; Business community; California; Homelessness; Human ecology economics; Production capital; Transaction capital

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS; HOMELESSNESS; PERCEPTION; PRIVATE SECTOR; SOCIAL CAPITAL; STAKEHOLDER;

CALIFORNIA; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85128175317     PISSN: 03068293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/IJSE-08-2021-0490     Document Type: Article

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