Sociology 2151A/B Lecture Notes - Louis Wirth, Urban Sociology, Georg Simmel
3 Dec 2013
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The growth of people living in cities it the last ~10,000 years. Urbanization: more and more people living in places defined as urban. Urbanism: the way of life associated with cities. Not the same thing: fischer you can"t have one without the other . You can have an urban lifestyle without urbanization. Urban ecology the interaction between the city and the people who live there. We have to look at 4 things (p. o. e. t. : population the number of people and how dense they are, organization we have changing social organization. Socio-economic stratification (the richer get what they want, and the poor can"t) Social classes the rules of behavior get more complicated: environment in order for a population to grow, you need water. The amount of water and food determine how long a civilization can survive: technology technology involves the distribution of water. How do you get resources to the city and distribute them.
