SOCI 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Urban Ecology, Gemeinschaft And Gesellschaft, Urban Sociology

• School: University of Calgary
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOCI 201
• Professor: Valerie Haines

Document Summary

Depends upon the particular conception of community: spatial conceptions of community. Define community as a particular place inhabited by people who interact with each other. People who interact with one another=> assume that community involves interpersonal relationships. Place=> residence in a common locality: assumes that spatial proximity is the defining characteristic of community, residence in a common locality is the basis of commonality in outlook and action, strategy. Start with a territorial unit and explore social relationships within it. Exemplars: urban ecology, linear development models of community, new urban sociology, urban ecology. Communities and urbanization: cooley, primary groups: closed knit groups. Continuous face-to-face interaction: strong personal identity with the group, strong ties of affection among group members, multifaceted relationships, tendency for group to be very enduring, secondary: limited face to face interaction. Moderate or weak identity with the group: weak ties of affection among group members, limited, shallow relationships, tendency for group to be short-lived.