Housing, Homelessness, and Social Policy in the Urban North

Häftad, Engelska, 2024

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Housing, Homelessness, and Social Policy in the Urban North brings together leading scholars on northern urban housing across the Canadian North, Alaska, and Greenland. Through various case studies, the contributors examine the ways in which housing insecurity and homelessness provide a critical lens on the social dimensions of northern urbanization. They also present key considerations in the development of effective and sustainable social policy for these areas. The book kickstarts a conversation between multiple stakeholders from different cultural and national regions across the North American north. It asks key questions including these: What are the common problems of, and responses to, housing insecurity and homelessness across these northern regions? Is a single definition of "homelessness" even possible, or desirable? And if not, can a shared language around how to end the housing crisis and homelessness in our northern regions still occur?The contributors explore how experiences of northern towns and cities inform an overall understanding of urban forms and processes in the contemporary world, and speak directly to the emerging body of literature on cities. Highlighting key limitations to federal, state, and provincial policy, Housing, Homelessness, and Social Policy in the Urban North raises important implications for developing policy that is responsive to northern realities.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2024-01-18
Mått:152 x 226 x 23 mm
Vikt:460 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:338
Förlag:University of Toronto Press
ISBN:9781487552893

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Julia Christensen is an associate professor of geography and planning at Queen’s University. Sally Carraher is an associate professor of anthropology at the University of Alaska Anchorage.Travis Hedwig is an associate professor of health sciences at the University of Alaska Anchorage.Steven Arnfjord is an associate professor of social work and the director of Ilisimatusarfik’s Centre for Arctic Welfare at the University of Greenland.

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IntroductionSection One: The Canadian NorthRegional Introduction: The Canadian NorthJulia Christensen1: It’s a Tough Game: Navigating Housing Monopolies in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, CanadaLisa Freeman and Julia Christensen2: Responding to Homelessness in Yellowknife: Pushing the Ocean Back with a SpoonNick Falvo3: An "Urban" Issue, and the Issue with "Urban": Contextualizing Homelessness in WhitehorseAlexandra Nelson4: Homelessness, Mobility, and Migration from the James BayCarol Kauppi, Michael Hankard, and Henri Pallard5: A Different Kind of "Ecological Refugee": Land Claims, Migration, and Inequalities in Northern LabradorJoshua Moses6: Making Place Home: The Contradictions of Inuit Housing in a Liberal DemocracyFrank TesterSection Two: AlaskaRegional Introduction: AlaskaSally Carraher and Travis Hedwig7: Northern Voices on Homelessness: Engaging the Public and Promoting Inclusivity for Homeless Alaskans in Public DiscourseSally Carraher and Travis Hedwig8: Differing Meanings of Housing First: Lessons Learned from a Single-Site Program Evaluation in Anchorage, AlaskaTravis Hedwig9: Alaska Is a Very Small Town: Moving Towards an Understanding of Homelessness in the Urban NorthClare DannenbergSection Three: GreenlandRegional Introduction: GreenlandSteven Arnfjord and Julia Christensen10: In Search of Security: Women’s Homelessness in Nuuk, GreenlandSteven Arnfjord and Julia Christensen11: Welfare Colonialism and Geographies of Homelessness in Nuuk, GreenlandJulia Christensen, Steven Arnfjord, and Marie-Louise Aastrup ConclusionEpilogue: Homelessness across the Arctic in the Shadow of COVID-19