SOCI 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Social Disorganization Theory, Concentric Zone Model, Demographic Transition
19 Jan 2017
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According to environmental-opportunity theory suggests that people actively choose where they want to live based on upon preferred lifestyle. Demographers measure population characteristics and focus on economic, social, cultural and biological interactions. Globalization theorists examine how residency choices are based on international arrangements. Hayford argue that our biggest social problem are city problems, includes. Canadian cities face significant revenue challenges when dealing with these problems. Cities are defined as relatively large, densely populated, permanent settlements in which most residents do not produce their own food. 3rd most populated in canada is between edmonton and calgary. Cities are about 506 thousand years old (3000-4000 bce) in. Even at their height, ancient and medieval cities were incapable of supporting urban populations larger than 5-10% of society. The physical layout of cities had not changed significantly until 18th century industrial revolution. Demographic transition: the change from high to low birth and death rates.
