The spatial isolation of elderly single-room-occupancy hotel tenants

Abstract

This paper documents the spatial activity of elderly SRO hotel tenants in the service-dependent ghetto. Exploratory fieldwork was conducted in a neighborhood of Chicago during 1985 and 1986. At four of the identified hotels, 53 activity spaces were recorded by first-hand involvement in the geographical activity of the participants. The fear of both street crime and social-service agencies imposes isolation upon this population. © 1991 by Association of American Geographers.

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Geography, Geology, and Planning

Document Type

Article

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0033-0124.1991.00456.x

Keywords

Isolation, Spatial activity, SRO hotel

Publication Date

1-1-1991

Journal Title

Professional Geographer

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