SOCIOL 1A06 Lecture Notes - Lecture 32: Overurbanization, Joel Garreau, Counterurbanization
6 Sep 2017
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For people who have the ability to choose, most try to nd a place a live thats going to t with their goals, lifestyle, liking etc. Not everyone can choose their community freely, but people will always strive to match their choices with their needs. Looking at populations (macro, quantitative research), connecting to other variables. Population size (change over time, explanations why) Composition (race and ethnicity, age - change over time) How economy (local and global forces) might impact urban landscape. Q: ______ and ______ are conceptually similar and are expressions of the income inequalities we see in contemporary society: private communities and fortress city (gated communities, overurbanization and urban primacy, burgess"s concentric model and gentri cation. About safety and security, keeping people out. Cities = large and dense population networks. Emerged with food surpluses (ability to accumulate enough food for people to settle in one area)
