page_title: Overcrowding
hierarchical_section_title: Overcrowding
caption_attribution_description: Overcrowded
context_page_description: Overcrowding or crowding is the condition where more people are located within a given space than is considered tolerable from a safety and health perspective which will depend on current environment and local cultural norms. Overcrowding may arise temporarily or regularly, in the home, public spaces or on public transport. The former is of particular concern since it is an individual's place of shelter.
  Effects on quality of life due to crowding may be due to increased physical contact, lack of sleep, lack of privacy and poor hygiene practices. While population density is an objective measure of number of people living per unit area, overcrowding refers to people's psychological response to density. But, definitions of crowding used in statistical reporting and for administrative purposes are based on density measures and do not usually incorporate people’s perceptions of crowding.
context_section_description: Overcrowding or crowding is the condition where more people are located within a given space than is considered tolerable from a safety and health perspective which will depend on current environment and local cultural norms. Overcrowding may arise temporarily or regularly, in the home, public spaces or on public transport. The former is of particular concern since it is an individual's place of shelter.
  Effects on quality of life due to crowding may be due to increased physical contact, lack of sleep, lack of privacy and poor hygiene practices. While population density is an objective measure of number of people living per unit area, overcrowding refers to people's psychological response to density. But, definitions of crowding used in statistical reporting and for administrative purposes are based on density measures and do not usually incorporate people’s perceptions of crowding.
caption: An overcrowded street in Catalonia, Spain during Christmas season
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