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- Define Urban Sociology
- Urban Sociology is a branch of sociology which studies the influence of urban environment on man, his actions, relationships, institutions and modes of thinking, acting, behaving with others.
- Explain the features of urban community.
- Urban community is a heterogeneous group, where people belong to different race, religion, language, caste and creed (heterogeneity). People are indifferent towards one another (2ndary relations). Non-agricultural jobs (voluntary associations). Social mobility, individual freedom.
- Describe the scope of urban sociology
- Urban studies as a distinct branch of sociology presents in – depth, study of the impact of city on man’s social actions, social relationships, social institutions and types of civilizations which are based on urban modes of living.
- Note: The author considers a community urban if the activities are centered around a market, for a market is essential for non-agricultural activities as without exchange of goods, the urban dweller will not be able to survive.
- Note: Wirth argues that the "corporation lacks a soul" because in many modern cities, occupations define urbanization. People become goal-oriented.
- Explain the meaning of the concept “Urbanism.”
- Urbanism is defined here as the peculiar mental approach or mode of living in urban areas.
- Explain the meaning of the concept “Urbanization.”
- Urbanization here is the process of movement of population from non-urban to urban areas.
- Note: As cities grow, industrial development also takes place. Thus urbanization and industrialization occur together often hand in hand. But if a country is to progress in the economic sense – to raise the standard of living of its people and to have a surplus available for capital investment it must increase its agricultural and industrial production faster than it increases its population.
- Urbanization here is the process of movement of population from non-urban to urban areas.