Intro to Sociology

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Intro to Sociology

• Urbanization

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Sociological Interest

• How and why cities come about
• How social conditions affect those in cities

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• Urban growth produces
• loss of intimacy and cohesion in society
• allows for individualism autonomy

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What Is A City?

• Physically
• compact cluster of relatively permanent buildings

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• Demographically
• large concentration of people in a relatively
  small area

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• Economically
• place where much of the work force is concentrated

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• Politically
• exists under an administrative structure of a
  government

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Definition

• A dense and permanent concentration of people
  with distinct forms of social organization and
  economic relationships,

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• located in a geographical area delineated by
  physical and political boundaries

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Urbanization

• The movement of large numbers of people to the
  cities to live and work

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Patterns of Urban Growth

• Concentric Zone Model
• city spreads outward from center
• creates distinct, encircling zones

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Sector Model

• Growth not in concentric circles, but sectors
• sectors b/c of transportation systems

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Multi-Nuclei Model

• Not one central business district
• Several business districts

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