SOSC 2710 Study Guide - Fall 2018, Comprehensive Midterm Notes - City, Urban Design, Georg Simmel
12 Oct 2018
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Urban: count people, measure how closely they are to each other. Defining urban: minimum 1000 people, minimum 400 person/square km, 80% of canada is considered urban, 994 population centers (considered urban spaces, smallest: roxton falls, quebec (1003 people, largest: gta (5,429524 people) Two approaches: qualitative (experience) vs quantitative (counting, measuring: quantitative measure hint at the qualities associated with lot of people living in close proximity, qualitiative: according to henry hiller, urban oriented thinking, culture, organization throughout society. Intensity: difference, complexity, different combination of intensity, difference and complexity, qualitites that vary across space and time, processes of urbanization, actors involved. What is disinctive about city life: 19th century attempts to define urban life, ferdinand t nnies (writing in 1887, qualitative difference village vs. city life. Geminschaft: community: village: living organism, social life: intimate, price, exclusive and living together, common language, customs and traditions, (cid:862)(cid:449)e-ness(cid:863)
