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Geographies Of Urban Unsafety: Homeless Women, Mental Maps, And Isolation, Jan Radle Roberson
Geographies Of Urban Unsafety: Homeless Women, Mental Maps, And Isolation, Jan Radle Roberson
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This study explores the intersection of urban unsafety and the marginalized population of homeless women. Specifically, it investigates how homeless women identify/perceive and navigate unsafe urban space. Specific research questions include:
1. What does housing insecurity look like for an unhoused woman?
2. In what ways is mental mapping a robust tool for gathering the stories (data) of vulnerable populations such as unhoused women?
3. What does the spatialization of unsafe locations look like and are demographic groupings dissimilarly affected?
4. What are the critical reasons for unsafety identified by participants?
5. How do homeless women respond to urban unsafety; …