Overurbanization

Overurbanization is a thesis originally developed by scholars of demography, geography, ecology, economics, political science, and sociology in thrergence of International Nongovernmental Organizations Amid Declining States.[1] The term is intentionally comparative and has been used to differentiate between developed and developing countries.[2] Several causes have been suggested, but the most common is rural-push and urban-pull factors in addition to population growth.[2][3][4][5]

  1. ^ Sociological Perspectives 43, no. 1 (April 1, 2000): 97–116.
  2. ^ a b Davis, Kingsley, and Hilda Hertz Golden. “Urbanization and the Development of Pre-Industrial Areas.” Economic Development and Cultural Change 3, no. 1 (October 1954): 6–26.
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