SOC 1500 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Loan Shark, Shool, Subculture

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 1500
• Professor: Michelle Dumas

Document Summary

Biology (invasion & dominance): how plants organize living matter into their environment (how the environment changes over time), if there is a change in one part of the system, it will affect the system as a whole. Urban/city: taking over land, people who live in the cities compete for resources, how the city became constructed. Zone 1: business core, loop, most expensive land, commerce, government (banks, city hall) Zone 2 (transitional zone): property values are eroded, they expect that the property will be (cid:271)ought (cid:271)u(cid:455) (cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:373)e(cid:396)(cid:272)e (cid:894)(cid:272)heap (cid:396)e(cid:374)t, (cid:374)ot (cid:449)ell (cid:373)ai(cid:374)tai(cid:374)ed(cid:895), i(cid:373)po(cid:448)e(cid:396)ished (cid:862)i(cid:374)(cid:374)e(cid:396) (cid:272)it(cid:455)(cid:863) (cid:894)pu(cid:271)li(cid:272) housing. Zone 3: working class (residential): working families, migrated from zone 2, ethnic or religious ties (china town) Zone 4: middle class: more expensive housing, small businesses, doctors, dentists, lawyers, Zone 5: commuter zone: most affluent population, suburbia, bigger properties, bigger houses. Policing: strongest in zone 2, most patrolled. Organization: establish networks, be connected to their neighbour (neighbourhood watch)