Urban sociology

How Communities’ Identities Change Over Time What is the generalized other? Well it is the set of beliefs, roles, and norms followed by different cultures and this generalized other changes continuously in many cities around America and the world. For example, London is very modern, so it has a generalized other that is very progressive compared to what it was a few decades ago . Community identity is a very complex force that feeds on cultural changes and people’s ideas and rules and because…

specialising in urban geography and development, to assist the development of Casavela, a fictional urban slum in Sao Paulo, Brazil. I have been appointed four million US dollars to spend over the period of two years to improve the social and environmental issues the community faces. I must make educated decisions, prioritising problems based on need and necessity within the community, in order to improve the quality of life of Casavela’s residents. Context/Background on Urban Slums An urban…

The general development pressure, especially in inner Melbourne with ts growing population, has caused issues in accessing the public amenities. Increasing urban amenities in these areas would influence the areas and make them more desirable. A challenge in high development pressure areas is to create a sense of community within the society and a bigger radius of the area. Availability of good quality amenities is beneficial to the mental health and quality of life of the population which reduce…

The major aspect of a large metropolis is the fact that it encompasses various activities ranging from personal to social. Actually, most of it involves having to sacrifice their distinctiveness in an endeavor to fit in such scenarios. However, Georg Simmel portrays a different side of a large metropolis, whereby it does not only influence the emotional aspects of its occupants, but also their cognitive lives. Moreover, the hustle and bustle of such cities bring impacts most individual’s sense…

Cities are the natural hubs of society, buzzing with business and cultural, these global hot spots attract the dreamers and ambitious from every walks of life. Despite all of the glorious beauty and curiosities surrounding cities, there are dark secrets that lurk in the alleyways creating a stain on the name. San Francisco is facing a crisis, rates of suicide by jumping off the Golden Gate Bridge has steadily increased, fright as spread through the citizens as word as be publicized. While some…

In “Walking and the Suburbanized Psyche” by Rebecca Solnit, the author criticizes both humans and suburbs for the lack of appreciation for walking. She strongly believes that the human mind will become unimaginative if walking continues to be devalued by our society. It was only a couple of decades ago when “walking was a sort of sacrament and a routine recreation”. However, due to the formation and influence of automobiles and suburbs, the activity now has a negative connotation. Suburbs are…

In “The Metropolis and Mental Life,” Georg Simmel emphasizes on seven characteristics of urban life; one of the characteristics is an eccentricity which derives from an effort to make “oneself noticeable.” The eccentricity is a continuously occurring theme in the modern, urban literature; “The Old House at Home” and “Los Angeles Notebook” approach this issue in different ways. While Joseph Mitchell shows ‘eccentricities’ that attract distinct groups of people in “The Old House at Home,” Joan…

Gentrification - can rural areas be gentrified? Can rural areas be gentrified? This is often the cause for debate when it is compared alongside urban in gentrified areas. Perhaps, in-order to understand the foundations for rural gentrification it could be argued that when we look at types of class within rural populations, middle class homeowners, gentrifiers could be seen to be acting ruthlessly as proactive capitalist developers acquiring land at cheaper prices and creating a different form…

began as a section of the post-progressive era social science movement. The school marked the stable institution of sociology in the United States of America. It developed as a result of urbanization and expansion of Chicago and the increase in crime rates. The theorists in the institution focused on the changes occurring in the neighborhood. The main school of thought is on urban sociology, social disorganization and other concepts that explicate the crime rate in numerous neighborhoods. The…

Introduction Cities are often described as the loneliest places on earth. Sociologist Georg Simmel sought out to demonstrate how cities and their processes change an individual and their mentality. This includes a person’s perspectives, behaviours, attitudes and also the city’s ‘personality’. Using his essay, ‘The Metropolis and Mental Life’, we look at how the circumstances following the death of Kitty Genovese supports Simmel’s study with the help of the social psychological phenomenon ‘the…