Urban Sociology
Chapter 1 Understanding the City
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4 out of 5 people live in cities?
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In the year 2050 how many people will approximately live in cities? 66%
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Historically, why did most people relocate to cities? Protection, resources, and socialization
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What are some issues with Megacities? Availability of resources, scarcity, and sanitation
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Cities are the center of international something and political events.
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What are the four criteria’s for defining an urban area? Describe each in detail.
Administrating function, economic characteristics, functional nature, and population/size density
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What are the two defining elements for designating a location as urban?
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Where do we currently see the greatest urban growth?
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How old are cities? 10,000 years old
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Define urbanization. The actual buildings
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What are the levels of urbanization? Describe each? Metropolitan area, micropolitan area, megaregion, megacity, and global city
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Define urbanism. The way of life. Culture and people
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Is social stratification more or less evident in cities?
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What year did we reach the milestone of more than half of civilization living in urban areas?
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What is significate about Caral? First city
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Why are archaeologist important when considering what we know about the development of cities? How have they expanded our knowledge? They find cities and how cities where developed and with what tools
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When did Sociologist began to study cities? Urbanization?
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How did early Sociologist view the city? Favorable or unfavorable? Why?
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Historically how did a location become a city? Geographically and water routes helped develop the location of cities
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Explain invasion-succession. When a group of people typically low-income living in an area gets pushed out by wealthier people like in Riverside.
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What do postmodernist think about cities?
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Why did people migrate to cities? Opportunities for jobs and socialization
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What is critical urban theory? What does it entail?
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How does culture factor into cities?
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When did cities begin to have skyscrapers? Why? Steel frames allowed for more space
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What are some recent developments in North American cities? On the test,