SOC 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Health Equity, Environmental Sociology, Environmental Law
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Community: a set of social relationships, typically arising from living in a particular place, that give people a sense of identity and belonging. Social environment: cultural context and patterns of relationships within which humans live. Natural environment: land, water, air, vegetation and organisms that make up the physical world. Nomadic life: most of history, humans were hunters and gatherers, living in small groups and foragi(cid:374)g their (cid:374)atural e(cid:374)(cid:448)iro(cid:374)(cid:373)e(cid:374)t for food. They did(cid:374)"t ha(cid:448)e a per(cid:373)a(cid:374)e(cid:374)t reside(cid:374)(cid:272)e a(cid:374)d (cid:449)ere nomadic, following the migration of animals and seasonal availability of plants. Rural life: 7,000-10,000 years ago, humans began growing crops and raising animals. People became connected to one place, instead of roaming. Produced and stored food surpluses, protecting them from droughts and disasters. Preindustrial cities: rural to city life took thousands of years. Farmers increased capacity to produce surplus food, they could support larger populations. Modern urbanization: remarkably short period in the 19th century, industrialization changed how we lived.
