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Overcrowding, the Glossary

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.^[1]

22 relations: Boston, Commodification, Data, Eurostat, Home, Housing, Housing Act 1985, Human overpopulation, Million Programme, New York City, Occupancy, Overtourism, Population density, Prison overcrowding in the United States, Public space, Public transport, Quality of life (healthcare), Shelter (building), Social determinants of health, Social norm, Sweden, Tuberculosis.
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Boston

Boston, officially the City of Boston, is the capital and most populous city in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States.

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Commodification

Commodification is the process of transforming inalienable, free, or gifted things (objects, services, ideas, nature, personal information, people or animals) into commodities, or objects for sale.

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In common usage, data is a collection of discrete or continuous values that convey information, describing the quantity, quality, fact, statistics, other basic units of meaning, or simply sequences of symbols that may be further interpreted formally.

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Eurostat

Eurostat ('European Statistical Office'; DG ESTAT) is a Directorate-General of the European Commission located in the Kirchberg quarter of Luxembourg City, Luxembourg.

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Home

A home, or domicile, is a space used as a permanent or semi-permanent residence for one or more human occupants, and sometimes various companion animals.

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Housing

Housing refers to the usage and possibly construction of shelter as living spaces, individually or collectively.

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Housing Act 1985

The Housing Act 1985 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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Human overpopulation

Human overpopulation (or human population overshoot) describes a concern that human populations may become too large to be sustained by their environment or resources in the long term.

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Million Programme

The Million Programme (Miljonprogrammet) was a large public housing program implemented in Sweden between 1965 and 1974 by the governing Swedish Social Democratic Party to ensure the availability of affordable, high-quality housing to all Swedish citizens.

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New York City

New York, often called New York City (to distinguish it from New York State) or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States.

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Occupancy

Within the context of building construction and building codes, occupancy is the use (actual or intended) of a building (or its portion) for the shelter or support of persons, animals or property.

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Overtourism

Overtourism is the congestion or overcrowding from an excess of tourists, resulting in conflicts with locals.

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Population density

Population density (in agriculture: standing stock or plant density) is a measurement of population per unit land area.

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Prison overcrowding in the United States

Prison overcrowding in the United States is a social phenomenon occurring when the demand for space in a U.S. prison exceeds the capacity for prisoners.

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Public space

A public space is a place that is open and accessible to the general public.

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Public transport

Public transport (also known as public transportation, public transit, mass transit, or simply transit) is a system of transport for passengers by group travel systems available for use by the general public unlike private transport, typically managed on a schedule, operated on established routes, and that may charge a posted fee for each trip.

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Quality of life (healthcare)

In general, quality of life (QoL or QOL) is the perceived quality of an individual's daily life, that is, an assessment of their well-being or lack thereof.

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Shelter (building)

A shelter is an architectural structure or natural formation (or a combination of the two) providing protection from the local environment.

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The social determinants of health (SDOH) are the economic and social conditions that influence individual and group differences in health status. Overcrowding and social determinants of health are determinants of health.

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Social norms are shared standards of acceptable behavior by groups.

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Sweden

Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe.

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Tuberculosis

Tuberculosis (TB), also known colloquially as the "white death", or historically as consumption, is an infectious disease usually caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) bacteria.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overcrowding

Also known as Close quarters, Population crisis, Population overcrowding.