Urban homeless shelters in India: Miseries untold and promises unmet

Goel, Geetika; Ghosh, Piyali; Ojha, Mohit Kumar; Shukla, Akanksha

doi:10.1016/j.cities.2017.07.006

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“…Homelessness and its related crises of urban public places are neither new nor rare in the Indian context (Ghosh, 2019; Goel et al., 2017; Mander et al., 2009; Sattar, 2014; Tipple & Speak, 2005). Being the second most populated country in the world, India has a homeless population of 1,772,889 enumerated in the 2011 Census.…”

Section: Homelessness Around the Railway Stations Of Indiamentioning

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The perspective of homeless space in the railway stations of India: A critical understanding through inter‐personal network analysis

Ghatak

Guchhait

2021

Health Social Care Comm

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Homelessness and its associated struggling livelihood is common parlance in the urban areas of the world. Spaces of homelessness in developed and developing countries show similarities and differences, owing to their place-specific (e.g. metropolis, non-metropolis, street homeless, etc.) and time-related (e.g. chronic and non-chronic) signatures. These are distinctly reflected in their everyday survival risk, psychological stress and mental illness (Bower et al., 2018;

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Section: Homelessness Around the Railway Stations Of Indiamentioning

confidence: 99%

The perspective of homeless space in the railway stations of India: A critical understanding through inter‐personal network analysis

Ghatak

Guchhait

2021

Health Social Care Comm

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“…Migrants, daily wage workers, and the homeless have been stranded at stations and temporary shelters without transportation and basic living amenities, even stigmatized for being responsible for carrying the infection. In a country that shelters the largest number of the world’s homeless population (Goel, Ghosh, Ojha, & Shukla, 2017), it becomes but a luxury to think about “social distancing” in its overcrowded and impoverished places. Death due to hunger and loss of livelihood turn out to be more pertinent for them than is the threat of infection.…”

Section: Covid-19 and India: The Problem Statementmentioning

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“Pandemonium of the pandemic”: Impact of COVID-19 in India, focus on mental health.

Banerjee¹,

Bhattacharya²

2020

Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy

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The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has emerged as a global health threat, with every nation facing unique challenges during the outbreak. Such pandemics are much beyond biological phenomena. They have psychosocial and economic implications that might long outlast the infection itself. India recently crossed 50,000 cases and is undergoing a historic nationwide lockdown in an attempt to control the outbreak. Considering the sociocultural diversity, limited public health resources, increasing psychological comorbidities, and substantial number of vulnerable populations (e.g., homeless, migrants), the subcontinent is facing unprecedented challenges at all fronts. This commentary glances at the COVID-19 scenario in India through the psychosocial lens, highlights the strategies so far, and discusses the recommended ways ahead.

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“…'homeless' as those who do not live in a regular residence due to lack of adequate housing, safety, and availability. 3 The 2011 census counts there are 449,761 houseless households/families and 17,73,040 homeless people in India -52.9 % in urban areas and 47.1% in rural areas -on the basis of a definition that identifies a person or family as homeless if they do not live in a 'census house,' which refers to a 'structure with roof.' Based on this definition, census officials instruct enumerators to visit places where the houseless population is likely to live -roadsides, pavements, near drainage pipes, under staircases, temple mandaps and railway stations.…”

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Homelessness: An Emerging Threat

Thiyagarajan¹,

Bhattacharya²,

Kaushal³

2018

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Homelessness is a global burden. It is estimated that 100 million people are homeless worldwide according to United Nation estimates in the year of 2005. It is a major issue in developing nation such as India. The 2011 census counts there are 449,761 houseless households/ families and 17,73,040 homeless people in India -52.9 % in urban areas, and 47.1% in rural areas. Homelessnesss is multifactorial in origin. Some of common reasons are poverty, drug addiction, natural disaster and war, family problem and unemployment. Homeless people are very fragile, physically and mentally, they prone to victim of physical and social assault. We need to recognize homelessness as a major public health problem and attempt to target this group for special care in order to promote equity in health system as part of Sustainable Development Goals. The Government should undertake physical upgradation of informal settlements including different types of slum areas; unidentified, identified, recognised, notified and unauthorised housing accompanied by the providing access to roads and basic amenities like electricity, water supply and sanitation.

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Urban homeless shelters in India: Miseries untold and promises unmet

Cited by 19 publications

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The perspective of homeless space in the railway stations of India: A critical understanding through inter‐personal network analysis

The perspective of homeless space in the railway stations of India: A critical understanding through inter‐personal network analysis

“Pandemonium of the pandemic”: Impact of COVID-19 in India, focus on mental health.

Homelessness: An Emerging Threat

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