"I highly recommend this book to scholars interested in how the physical and social environment can influence human development. Persons interested in stress and children will also find this volume a valuable addition to the growing literature in this field." —Contemporary Psychology
Chapter 1 Settlement and Density Patterns, Gary W. Shannon, Ellen Cromley; Chapter 2 Residential Density as a Variable in Child-Development Research, Joachim F. Wohlwill; Chapter 3 High Residential Density and Perceptual-Cognitive Development, Harry Heft; Chapter 4 Play, Exploration, and Density, Phil Schoggen, Maxine Schoggen; Chapter 5 Children, Crowding, and Control:, John R. Aiello, Donna E. Thompson, Andrew Baum; Chapter 6 Habitats for Children, James Garbarino; Chapter 7 Quality of Children’s Family Interaction in Relation to Residential Type and Household Crowding, Alan Booth; Chapter 8 The Role of Housing Type, Household Density, and Neighborhood Density in Peer Interaction and Social Adjustment, Willem van Vliet–; Chapter 9 Habitats for Children, Willem van Vliet–, Joachim F. Wohlwill;
Joachim F. Wohlwill, Willem van Vliet—both The Pennsylvania State University