ABSTRACT This article unpicks the geographies of homelessness in urban areas, which is a form of deprivation underrepresented in school geography. First it explores the micro- and macro-level factors that contribute to homelessness and how these affect the lives of homeless people. The concept of Firstspace, Secondspace and Thirdspace is used to deconstruct their lived experiences. After touching upon how the COVID-19 pandemic affected cities such as Las Vegas, Nevada, USA (which was forced to shut down, adversely affecting the lives of homeless people), the article focuses on the experience of a community of rough sleepers in the city. Here, the homeless are a product of a hyperreal neoliberal tourist economy who are forced underground into a series of tunnels constructed to remove water during episodic flash flooding. Their lived space involves constructing pathways of survival through the city, including dumpster diving and credit hustling. The article goes on to explore how learning about homelessness can help students to develop their GeoCapabilities, and offers a ‘powerful knowledge’ for young people to make sense of the changing geographies in their own urban areas.

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教授无家可归者的地理：GeoCapabilities 方法

摘要 本文剖析了城市地区无家可归者的地理特征，这是一种在学校地理中代表性不足的剥夺形式。首先，它探讨了导致无家可归的微观和宏观层面的因素，以及这些因素如何影响无家可归者的生活。第一空间、第二空间和第三空间的概念被用来解构他们的生活经历。在谈到 COVID-19 大流行如何影响美国内华达州拉斯维加斯等城市（该城市被迫关闭，对无家可归者的生活产生不利影响）之后，本文重点介绍了一个露宿街头的社区的经历城市。在这里，无家可归者是超现实主义的新自由主义旅游经济的产物，他们被迫进入地下，进入一系列隧道，这些隧道是为了在偶尔发生的山洪泛滥时抽水而建造的。他们的生活空间涉及在城市中构建生存途径，包括垃圾箱潜水和信贷诈骗。文章继续探讨了解无家可归如何帮助学生发展他们的地理能力，并为年轻人提供“强大的知识”，以了解他们所在城市地区不断变化的地理环境。