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As interest in density and crowding has increased, research has considered a growing number of settings and variables associated with crowding stress. Initial investigation of urban density and its relationships with statistical indices of pathology has been supplemented by research using more experimentally oriented approaches, and these studies have considered laboratory settings, grocery and department stores, exterior urban neighborhood spaces, and a number of residential environments. The latter setting has, for a number of reasons, received greater attention than the others and constitutes a major focus of theory and research on human crowding phenomena. This chapter is concerned with the experimental study of residential crowding; we intend to review briefly previous research in this area and to consider the strengths of the experimental and quasi-experimental methodologies that have evolved for use in naturally occurring settings.
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Hopstock, P.J., Aiello, J.R., Baum, A. (1979). Residential Crowding Research. In: Aiello, J.R., Baum, A. (eds) Residential Crowding and Design. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2967-1_2
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