SOC364H1 Lecture Notes - Urban Sociology, Northeast Megalopolis, Healthy City
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Urbanism as a way of life: theory of urbanism -, three de ning characteristics, population density, size, heterogeneity. Soc364 - february 9th 2012: health in the city - the role of urban development, suburbanization and sprawl growth in size, but a sprawling out. Had dramatic changes in urban cities. over the past century: shift of focus from the health-side of things, to the urban side of things, chicago school of urban sociology, lots of drastic changes over the last few decades. There has been not just a: the creation of the mega-opolis. Luis wirth: immigrant moving to the city for increased opportunities. Very interesting area to study, very in uential in the eld of urban sociology. Sociology) populations: believed in the potential for sociology for solving real problems (applied, in uential for framing the debate, providing interesting insights to particular.