SOC 248 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Child Labour, Acid Rain, Central Place Theory
1 Dec 2016
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Macroeconomic policies (currency devaluation, privatization, liberalization, elimination of. Agricultural subsidies, health and education fees) -> risk factors (poverty, unemployment, lack of education and health care) -> individual behaviors (risky sex, commercial sex, drug use, lack of knowledge, mtc [mother to child] transmission) Central place theory vs. urban bias and hyper-urbanization. Durkheim (anomie) and simmel (indifference) vs. gans (urban villagers) and abrahamson (ethnic enclave) But, neighborhoods aren"t just shaped by selection, but by policies of segregation. 1950: only nyc had over 10 million people. Today: 28 cities that large, most in developing world. In 2007, the urban population exceeded the rural population for the first time. Africa and asia are still mostly rural but urbanizing more rapidly than other regions. On a(cid:448)erage, fertility is lo(cid:449)er in urban areas, but . Large % of young people in developing countries. 1 billion people in slums (1/7 of world"s population) Overcrowding & lack of water, sanitation, and education.
