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What is Homeless People

Chapter 12
Handbook of Research on Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Sustainability, and ICTs in the Post-COVID-19 Era
Homelessness is defined as living in housing that is below the minimum standard or lacks secure tenure. People can be categorized as homeless if they are: living on the streets (primary homelessness); moving between temporary shelters, including houses of friends, family and emergency accommodation (secondary homelessness); living in private boarding houses without a private bathroom or security of tenure (tertiary homelessness).
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Integrated Management Platform for Homeless People
Leonilde Reis (Polytechnic Institute of Setubal, Portugal), Clara Silveira (Polytechnic Institute of Guarda, Portugal), Gonçalo Pires (Polytechnic Institute of Setúbal, Portugal), Carlos Péricles (Polytechnic Institute of Setúbal, Portugal), Luisa C. Carvalho (Polytechnic Institute of Setúbal, Portugal), and Carlos Mata (Polytechnic Institute of Setúbal, Portugal)
Copyright: © 2021 |Pages: 20
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-6776-0.ch012
Abstract
Some social phenomena affect sustainable development in the long term, and in this panorama, some solutions provided by organizations are labeled as social innovations and use more information and communication technologies as tools. The characterization of homeless people has implied the analysis of a vast legislated framework covering several areas, in particular about the National Strategy and the European Federation of National Organizations (FEANTSA). FEANTSA's objective is to prevent and/or alleviate homeless person poverty and social exclusion or are at risk of falling into this situation, encouraging, and facilitating the cooperation of all relevant European actors in this fight. The chapter describes the conceptualization of a technology platform to support the integrated management of homeless people in two social organizations. Some functional aspects of the prototypes are presented considering the main objectives of the project. In addition, some physical and technical details relating to the development of the data model are also shown.
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