Crowding, Risk and Homelessness: A Study of Socio-Spatial Relations

This thesis examines residential crowding and the possible risk of homelessness it may pose to young people. When the social and the spatial elements within the research on risks that crowding poses for young people, a more complex picture emerges of the impact of crowding and homelessness. The findings provide a basis for questioning whether a statistical definition of overcrowding as homelessness is adequate or accurate. A more nuanced description of the impact of crowding, the risk it may pose to homelessness and the way this risk may be mitigated are unique contributions of this thesis.