Abstract. Acknowledgements. Introduction: The Problematic of Human Services Planning. The service hub concept. Planning for human services. A note on terminology. The Service Hub Concept. The service hub: some definitions. The assignment process in human services delivery. Service hubs and social support networks. Service Hubs in Practice. Case study 1: Rose Avenue, Venice. Case study 2: Raymond Avenue, Pasadena. The social structure of homeless communities. Building service hubs. Overcoming Community Opposition to Human Services. The rise of NIMBY-ism. Understanding the NIMBY response. Factors determining community attitudes. Alternative approaches to the host community. A blueprint for community outreach. Difference and Social Justice in Human Services Planning. A fair-share framework for human services planning. Interrogating difference. Extending the problematic: city life and difference. 17 line drawings, 122 lit. refs.
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