Section I: Introduction 1. Home, Homeless and Homelessness 2. The Colonial shadows of homelessness Section II: Rural Urban Homelessness and Socioecological Drivers 3. Urbanization and homelessness 4. Processes of homelessness: linking rural-urban scenarios 5. Planetary and ecological drivers of homelessness Section III: Homelessness and Social Stress 6. Homelessness and Poverty 7. Homelessness, Quality of life and Health 8. Homelessness, Climate Change and Social distress-Case Study Section IV: Homelessness, Governancy Policy and Sustainable Solution 9. Homelessness in governance, economy, and policies 10. Solution-oriented pathways and recommendations 11. Homelessness to Hope: An Eco-Friendly Solution for Sustainable Development Section V: Conclusions 12. Concluding chapter