Urbanization: Evolution, Patterns, and Urban Life - Prof. Michael D. Hughes, Study notes of Introduction to Sociology

Download Urbanization: Evolution, Patterns, and Urban Life - Prof. Michael D. Hughes and more Study notes Introduction to Sociology in PDF only on Docsity! TOPIC 19 URBANIZATION Topic 19 —Urbanization I. Evolution of Cities II. Patterns of City Growth III. Urban Life and Alienation I. Evolution of Cities  Urbanization: o the process of population concentration. o has been happening on a large scale for only about 200 years.  City Types in History A. The Pre-Industrial City  rarely larger than 100,000 people  made possible by:  Economic surplus  Stratification  Bureaucracy  Why Not Larger? 1. Transportation 2. Insecurity 3. Poor Sanitation 4. Feudalism B. Industrial-Urban Center  Made possible by  Manufacturing technology  Improved transportation  Improved agriculture  The nation-state C. Metropolitan Cities  Expansion of industrial-urban cities  In the U.S. ---caused by problems in industrial urban cities:  High taxes  High land values  Inner city decay  Traffic  Poverty D. Global Cities  Cities linked to international markets  Coordination of dispersed activities over the globe. Examples: