Economists Philip Graves and Robert Sexton argue that the definition of overurbanization must " involve the presence of negative net external effects for the city size in question, " suggesting that as long as " positive external social benefits " from rapid urbanization dominate negative externalities, overurbanization is not at play.
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Gugler defined overurbanization by two factors : that migration to cities led to a " less than optimal allocation of labor between the rural and urban sectors " and that migration to cities " increases the costs of providing for a country's growing population . " Sociologist Glenn Firebaugh disagreed, arguing that if overurbanization is caused by overpopulation, that overpopulation of rural areas could be worse than overpopulation of urban areas.
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Gugler defined overurbanization by two factors : that migration to cities led to a " less than optimal allocation of labor between the rural and urban sectors " and that migration to cities " increases the costs of providing for a country's growing population . " Sociologist Glenn Firebaugh disagreed, arguing that if overurbanization is caused by overpopulation, that overpopulation of rural areas could be worse than overpopulation of urban areas.
