MTRO 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Oswald Spengler, Lewis Mumford, Intramural Sports
4 Dec 2017
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Urban ecology the analysis of the social and demographic composition of neighborhoods and city districts. Invasion-succession the ecological process of a part of the city being replaced by new populations and social activities. Urban form the physical structure and organization of cities. Urban dominance the pattern of cultures having cultural, economic and political dominion over rural areas. Two perspectives of culture/urbanism: the city generates culture, the city reflects surrounding culture. Oswald spengler: he felt that the worlds history is an urban history, he thought that the cities developed souls. Lewis mumford: civilization is tied to cities. Daniel monti: civic culture the ability of urban people to cooperate in the context of everyday public routines. Civic culture: different for each city, constantly changes, practiced unevenly. Industrialism a social and economic system based on the mass production and consumption of manufactured goods. How do urbanities deal with other people: classification (identify strangers by where you see them and how they look)
