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Rural Populations

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Canada, United States, United Kingdom, Bangladesh, South Africa, Ghana, Rwanda, India, Australia, Netherlands

Resources

Livelihood Impacts of Displacement and Resettlement on Informal Households - A case study from Kigali, Rwanda
Alice Nikuze
Richard Sliuzas
Johannes Flacke
Martin van Maarseveen
Cities in Sub-Saharan Africa are undergoing massive socio-spatial transformations. Many old inner-city neighborhoods are being demolished to give way to modern commercial and residential developments, and generally, to a more modern living...
Region:
Africa
Everyone Counts: 2018 Point-in-Time Count
The 2018 PiT Count is partially funded by the Government of Canada’s HPS. This is the second time the HPS has provided funding to conduct a nation-wide PiT Count and the first time the City of Kamloops has participated. Through a call for...
Region:
Europe
Advisory Committee on Homelessness – Final Report
Advisory Committee on Homelessness
This report outlines the vulnerability of indigenous and rural populations to homelessness in Canada as well as recommends improvements in responses to prevent and end homelessness. According to this report, Indigenous Peoples are 10 times...
Region:
North America
Women's Land Rights as a Pathway to Poverty Reduction: Framework and Review of Available Evidence
Ruth Meinzen-Dick
Cheryl Doss
Sophie Theis
Agnes Quisumbing
This paper reviews the literature on women’s land rights (WLR) and poverty reduction. It uses the Gender, Agriculture and Assets Project (GAAP) conceptual framework to identify pathways by which WLR could reduce poverty and increase...
Region:
Africa
Conceptualizing homelessness in rural Appalachia: Understanding contextual factors relevant to community mental health practice.
Sherry R. Shamblin
Natalie F. Williams
Jason R. Bellaw
Considering the complex mental health needs of many homeless individuals and the unique features of rural Appalachia, community mental health practitioners who work in the region need to be equipped with an understanding of the issues...
Region:
North America
Step-by-Step Guide to Estimate Rural Homelessness
Zain Abedin
This document has been developed by the Alberta Rural Development Network (ARDN) to provide a step-by-step guide to estimate homelessness in rural communities in Canada. This guide incorporates cost-conscious, efficient, and reliable...
Region:
North America
Right To Home? Rethinking Homelessness in Rural Communities
Charlotte Snelling
Homelessness across England is on the rise. The number of households accepted as homeless by local authorities, in temporary accommodation, and/or rough sleeping have all increased since 2010. Rates are high in urban areas and yet many...
Region:
Europe
The Rural Homeless: An Empirically Neglected Community
Dale Payment
No segment of America’s vulnerable population is as invisible as are the rural homeless. This invisibility, along with other factors, has contributed heavily to this group’s social neglect. Society’s mental image of the homeless is set in...
Region:
North America
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