Modelling the Spatial Dynamics of the Urban Homeless

城市无家可归者的空间动态建模

• 批准号: 8921241
• 负责人: Jennifer Wolch
• 金额: $ 16.53万
• 依托单位: University of Southern California
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1990
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1990-02-15 至 1994-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=8921241&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Modelling; Spatial; Dynamics; Urban; Homeless

Despite considerable attention in the last decade by social scientists focusing on problems of homeless persons in the United States, many significant questions remain unanswered. Among these are questions related to how changes in the levels and distributions of low-wage employment, housing, and services targeted toward the homeless affect the location patterns and movement of people without housing. This award will continue support from NSF for a project that is seeking answers to these questions through an extensive analysis of the structural, institutional, and individual factors that affect the number, character, and locations of homeless persons in Los Angeles. Newly available data sources will document how shifts in the provision of jobs and housing have affected the abilities of certain households to find housing. The locational distribution of homeless shelters and services will also be analyzed. This project will continue a valuable line of inquiry into the location and dynamics of a segment of the population that has been increasingly in the public attention. The empirical research will be valuable to those seeking descriptions of the number and circumstances of homeless populations, both in Los Angeles and elsewhere. The project's real value lies in its development of a fuller and more articulate theory of contemporary urban processes, with significant ramifications for population, social, and economic systems. Because a number of graduate and undergraduate students will be involved in this project (the latter because of a Research Experiences for Undergraduates supplement), the project also will provide a valuable opportunity for young scholars to involve themselves directly in basic social scientific research.

尽管在过去的十年里，社会科学家对美国无家可归者的问题给予了相当大的关注，但许多重要的问题仍未得到解答。其中一些问题与低工资就业、住房和针对无家可归者的服务的水平和分布的变化如何影响无住房者的位置模式和流动有关。该奖项将继续支持NSF的一个项目，该项目通过对影响洛杉矶无家可归者数量、特征和位置的结构、制度和个人因素的广泛分析来寻求这些问题的答案。新获得的数据来源将记录工作和住房供应的变化如何影响某些家庭寻找住房的能力。还将分析无家可归者收容所和服务的位置分布。该项目将继续对日益受到公众关注的一部分人口的位置和动态进行有价值的调查。这项实证研究对于那些寻求对洛杉矶和其他地方无家可归人口的数量和情况进行描述的人来说是有价值的。该项目的真正价值在于它发展了一个更全面、更清晰的当代城市进程理论，对人口、社会和经济系统产生了重大影响。由于许多研究生和本科生将参与该项目（后者由于本科生研究经验补充），该项目还将为年轻学者提供直接参与基础社会科学研究的宝贵机会。