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The Urban Environment

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The environment-behavior literature related to the urban environment is in many ways as complex and diverse as the city itself. While traditionally the province of urban sociology, the urban crises of the past two decades have prompted considerable research into the nature and consequences of city life from a social psychological perspective as well. Some of the most recent work in this area has endeavored to apply and integrate environment- behavior theory and research on such concepts as density, crowding and sensory overload with more traditional views of urban life.

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