SOCL 2001 Chapter : Urbanization
Document Summary
Organized very differently than today"s cities, both spatially and socially. Centers for culture, science, commerce, and so on. The vast majority of the population lived in rural towns and communities, with little connection to the other cities. The elite lived closer to the center, with status going further down as it went out. A shift in population from rural living to living in cities and towns. :1800: about 1. 1 million people in the city. Same patter took place in cities all across europe, the us, australia, and so on. The us population was mostly living in rural areas, and now more than 80% of the population lives in urban areas. Ex: the corridor from washington dc to boston. 1900 onward: urbanization became a global process, not just national. 2050: estimated 70% will be urban limited amount of resources cause us to build upward instead of out. Pioneers of urban sociology, studying things like crime, ethnic organization, and urbanization.
