International Critical Perspectives on Homelessness

by J. Talmadge Wright, Mary Jo Huth, J Talmadge Wright

Homelessness is obviously a global problem. It has been a major focus of the UN-sponsored conferences Habitat I (1987) and Habitat II (1996). Reports from 144 countries for Habitat I demonstrated that over one billion people worldwide lived without adequate shelter of which at least 40 million were estimated to be homeless. Given the increased austerity conditions imposed by governments and international lending agencies as well as economic and political...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275956091
• ISBN13: 9780275956097
• Release Date: May 1997
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"