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Although this discussion has already roamed very widely, there are still certain aspects which I do not think we can hope it will be able to cover in two days. For instance, on the physiological side, nothing, so far as I remember, has been said about the stress effect of overcrowding and frustration, a stress which has been experimentally demonstrated in a number of animals. This is undoubtedly operating on the inhabitants of any city with over a million inhabitants in the world to-day, and has, to my mind, very serious implications.
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Huxley, J. (1965). Introduction. In: Meade, J.E., Parkes, A.S. (eds) Biological Aspects of Social Problems. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-6580-6_14
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