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9780691077543

Landscapes of Despair

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  • ISBN13:

    9780691077543

  • ISBN10:

    0691077541

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1987-09-01
  • Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr
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Summary

Michael Dear and Jennifer Wolch examine the emergence of urban ghettos of the socially dependent--an unforeseen solution to the problem of developing community-based care for a variety of service-dependent groups, including the mentally and physically disabled, ex-offenders, and addicts. Based on detailed case studies drawn from several cities in Canada and the United States, Landscapes of Despair is a comprehensive analysis of these ghettos. This is an easy book to praise and one that will repay close study.... A scrupulous and wise discussion, balancing equity and therapeutics, and one with immediate relevance to current problems.--Kim Hopper, Access This book could offer a whole new meaning to the concept of 'geography awareness' that has been so enthusiastically embraced in recent years.--Christopher J. Smith, Economic Geography A major contribution to the theoretical development of the literature on homelessness, especially as this literature explores the relationships of service dependency and the central city.... [It] pushes the current parameters of American planning for the service-dependent.--Robert W. Collin, Journal of the American Planning Association

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