Beyond a bunk and a meal: How shelters help provide homeless people with a quiet refuge of privacy
By Natalie Florence, PhD Candidate in Humanitarian Design and Infrastructure Studies, Arizona State University; Heather Ross, Clinical Associate Professor in Nursing and Clinical Associate Professor, School for the Future of Innovation in Society, Arizona State University Many cities set heat records in summer 2023, with high temperatures for consecutive days. Providing basic services like including cool spaces for people experiencing homelessness was lifesaving under such conditions. In 2022, about 1,670 people across America died from heat-related causes, many of them unsheltered. Estimates are not yet available for summer 2023, but given this year’s extreme conditions, the toll is expected...
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