Sociology 2152A/B Lecture Notes - Louis Wirth, Concentric Zone Model, Urban Sociology
16 Dec 2013
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Majority of the world"s population lives in cities. ~2/3 of the world"s urban population live in cities over 100,000 people. ~1/3 of the world"s urban population live in metropolitan areas with over 1,000,000 people. U. s. (2011) ~313 million 82% urban (257 million) Ontario (2010) 13. 2 million 85% urban (11. 2 million) Toronto (2010) 6. 4 million 48% of ontario"s population. Urban oriented disciplines: urban studies, urban design and engineering, economic analysis, spatial analysis (urban geography, social analysis. Deals with urban dynamics (how one group deals with another group) Who has the power to get what they need: society is broken down into different strata, or social classes. Midterm test (saturday feb 11, 2012 11:30am 1pm in th) 45% Urbanization more and more people living in places defined as urban. Urbanism the way of life associated with cities. There was a way of thinking that there is a difference between urban living and rural living".
