This book takes on perhaps the most formidable issue facing metropolitan areas today: the large
numbers of people experiencing homelessnes within cities. Four dedicated experts with
first-hand experience profile ten cities?Bogota Mexico City Los Angeles Houston Nashville
New York City Baltimore Edmonton Paris and Athens?to explore ideas strategies successes
and failures. Together they bring an array of government nonprofit and academic perspectives
to offer a truly global perspective. The authors answer essential questions about the nature
and causes of homelessness and analyze how cities have used innovation and local political
coordination to address this pervasive problem.
