Sociology 2151A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Social Disorganization Theory, Concentric Zone Model, Personal Development
10 Apr 2014
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Suburbs were new (combined country and city), only people with money could afford to. Increased age in marriage and more choice about who your spouse will be. In a small town life is slow and habitual, things rarely change, everything is constant and repetitive. The city , the way to learn about cities is to gather data. Compared cities in europe, middle east and asia, need to know all the background factors of each city (geography, sociology, economics, psychology) full urban community . #1 cities need to have a market function (major trade component, exchange of goods and ideas), can"t be self-sufficient. #2 the city needs to be semi-autonomous, must be able to defend itself from the outside world. Said most of the earlier theorists were just that theorists. They didn"t actually experience the cities they were theorizing about. The way you learn about cities is observational field research.
