L’instrumentalisation de l’espace by Gatien Elie, Elisabeth Foscolo

“…Encampement localization partly explains the media success of the homeless people movement Les Enfants de Don Quichotte during winter 2006-2007. …”
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The Right Tone for the Hardest Moments: Louisa May Alcott’s New York Stories of Child Labor and Urban Benevolence in the Mid-1870s by Daniela Daniele

“…This article examines Louisa May Alcott’s tales based on her mid-1870s tour of philanthropic institutions for New York’s homeless boys. In an effort to make her lessons more palatable to her young readership and reflecting her own beliefs in the themes of self-improvement, Alcott often euphemizes the shelters’ evidently oppressive and exploitative dimensions. …”
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Le séisme de Pisco du 15 août 2007 : entre urgence et reconstruction by Robert D'Ercole, Jérôme Chandes, Hugo Perfettini, Laurence Audin

“…The number of casualties is small in comparison with the damage recorded, but the number of homeless people is very high. While the event is almost forgotten at the international level, tens of thousands of people are still living in precarious conditions in the temporary shelters provided by the emergency, until begins the reconstruction process. …”
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Géographie et politiques de l’aide d’urgence au Bangladesh ; les désastres engendrés par le typhon Sidr, le 16 novembre 2007 by Marianne Viot, Mouhssine Ennaïmi

“…Sidr typhoon struck the Southern districts in Bangladesh on November 16, 2007 (4000 victims, 8 millions of displaced people / homeless). The discussed reputation of this country supports the attention of the international opinion to him. …”
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Torre David au Venezuela : récits sur fond de politiques publiques menées par le gouvernement d’un « État magique » by Yaneira Wilson

“…Within this framework, we are interested in exploring the production of the Great Housing Mission Venezuela (GMVV) and the case of the invasion of the squatted Torre David in 2004 by a first group of homeless people. The main questions: how can the “magic” state with its historical dependence on oil resources aim to solve the housing problems faced by society? …”
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No Easy Way In by Kalev Aasmäe

“…Through the story of a former homeless person named Keith, this paper explores how an individual squatter with limited experience tries to navigate the complex communal logics of squatter crews and identify larger networks in order not to lose the roof over his head. …”
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Mission as action in hope in the context of white poverty in Pretoria: a case for Betlehem Mission Centre by D. Mashau

“…White poverty left a number of whites in South Africa homeless. Consequently, they are forced to live in the streets, in shelters and informal settlements such as Bethlehem Mission Centre in Pretoria. …”
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Dépénaliser le vagabondage ? L’impact relatif du décret-loi d’octobre 1935 by Olivier Golliard

“…The Decree-Law of 30 October 1935 marked a major step forward taking charge of thousands of teenagers who became homeless because of depressed industrial economy or because of family conflicts . …”
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Forme ale discriminării împotriva cerșetorilor și persoanelor fără adăpost by Adrian Toma, Geanina-Ștefana Moțățeanu

“…The underlying causes of this situation stem either from the socially conditioned deterioration of the individuals’ personal circumstances to a degree that prevents them from exercising their rights, or from the severe challenges posed by their environment – such as for beggars or homeless individuals – where the state’s institutions fail to ensure the minimum conditions required for survival. …”
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System pedagogiczny Makarenki w kontekście założeń współczesnej pedagogiki ulicy by Jolanta Sokołowska

“…Makarenko, like the street pedigreers of today, was focused on building contacts, appreciated the significance of the meeting, tried to answer real problems and needs of homeless youth. What distinguishes modern street pedagogy from the Makarenko pedagogical system is its critical character. …”
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L’identification des anonymes by Antoine Briand

“…What do the apparition of a corpse in the street, a hospital’s taking charge of a traumatised homeless man, and the disappearance of a person symbolise? …”
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A Research on a Temporary Shelter Design to be Used After Natural Disasters: A Case Study of Indonesia – Sinabung by Irham Walad Nasution

“…After natural disasters, people are struggling to find the necessary conditions to survive and even become homeless. Therefore, people affected by disaster need both a shelter and a temporary living space to meet their daily needs. …”
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Ten principles of residential child care by Kiaras Gharabaghi

“…In Canada these can include shelters for young people who are homeless, group homes, children’s mental health centres that provide treatment for children, young people and often their families, and child welfare programmes that care for children and young people who are unable to live with their families for reasons of safety and well-being.…”

« Conquérir la galère. » Espace public et discipline de l’intime chez des femmes sans papiers en Île-de-France by Joanne Le Bars

“…Government by fear, “becoming homeless” and “forced mobility” are some of the spatial devices that lead to the destruction of affective ties and materialise separation and exclusion. …”
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Colliding public health priorities: A call to improve the understanding of autistic individuals utilizing housing assistance. by Lindsay Shea, Anne Roux, Amy Blank Wilson, Jonas Ventimiglia, Conner Carlton, Wei-Lin Lee, Dylan Cooper, Shelby Frisbie

“…Approximately 2,600 autistic individuals (3%) were homeless at HUD entry. Growing numbers of HUD-assisted autistic individuals point toward an urgent need for federal data to understand and address public health contexts of housing affordability and instability to complement existing clinical autism research investments. …”
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Vector Appropriate Distraction and Reduction of a Neglected Trimalleolar Fracture-Dislocation Performed with a Temporary Intraoperative External Fixator by Jordan Brand, Jay Moran, Brad Yoo

“…We discuss a 60-year-old homeless man who presented four weeks after an open trimalleolar fracture-dislocation and was definitely treated with an acute one-stage procedure. …”
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Salonica Fire of 1890 and its Impacts on the Transformation of the City by Özer Özbozdağlı

“…The fire caused a major humanitarian disaster, leaving thousands of people homeless. But the fire was an opportunity for the transformation of Salonica. …”
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Poorly Differentiated Squamous Cell Carcinoma Arising in Tattooed Skin by Deba P. Sarma, Renee B. Dentlinger, Amanda M. Forystek, Todd Stevens, Christopher Huerter

“…A 79-year-old white homeless man of European descent presented to the dermatology clinic with a painless raised nodule on his left forearm arising in a tattooed area. …”
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Pensando sobre los "centros abiertos": Una contribución desde Brasil by Verónica Regina Müller

“…Keywords: Street children, childrens rights, homeless people, outreach programs. …”
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Deciding the Destiny of World War II Refuges from Lithuania by Vygintas Bronius Pšibilskis

“…The Supreme Allied Expeditionary Force took care of the homeless in the beginning. Later, international organizations such as the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA), International Refugee Organization (IRO), and Intergovernmental Committee on Refugees (IGCR), generously supported by the USA, took over the supervision. …”
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