When a person does not have suitable accommodation they are considered homeless.
In cities where homeless persons are viewed as an "environmental
contaminant" - a form of pollution, efforts to purge the homeless from
the area tend to push them to the fringes of the community and diminish
their access to the urban environment and the resources it provides,
suggested an article published in Environmental Justice.
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‘In cities where homeless persons are viewed as an "environmental contaminant", efforts to purge the homeless from the area tend to push them to the fringes of the community and diminish their access to the urban environment and the resources it provides.’
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In the article, "Treating People Like Pollution: Homelessness and Environmental Injustice", Eric Bonds and Leslie Martin, University of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg, VA, focus on the homeless population of Fredericksburg, Virginia, a small city and distant suburb of Washington, DC.
The authors
provide compelling information and arguments to demonstrate how both
official and unofficial movements and exclusionary policies from within
communities reduce the visible existence of homeless populations. This
important, and too often under-recognized environmental injustice,
marginalizes homeless persons, making them feel less safe and unable to
access community resources that may provide shelter, meals, and other
social services.
![33,518 Homeless People Perished on Delhi Streets Since 2004]( "33,518 Homeless People Perished on Delhi Streets Since 2004")
In a shocking revelation by the Delhi Government, as many as 33,000 homeless people have died on Delhi streets since 2004 due to various reasons.
"This article is important in elucidating the human costs of environmental indifference to those who we perceive as "others" in our society," says Environmental Justice Editor-in-Chief Sylvia Hood Washington, and Sustainability Director, Environmental Health Research Associates, LLC. "The authors make a significant contribution to the field of environmental injustice by including the homeless in our understanding of who suffers from environmental disenfranchisement."
Source: Eurekalert
33,518 Homeless People Perished on Delhi Streets Since 2004
In a shocking revelation by the Delhi Government, as many as 33,000 homeless people have died on Delhi streets since 2004 due to various reasons.
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"This article is important in elucidating the human costs of environmental indifference to those who we perceive as "others" in our society," says Environmental Justice Editor-in-Chief Sylvia Hood Washington, and Sustainability Director, Environmental Health Research Associates, LLC. "The authors make a significant contribution to the field of environmental injustice by including the homeless in our understanding of who suffers from environmental disenfranchisement."
Source: Eurekalert
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