Urban sociology

In the article, “Social Trends in New York City” Julius B. Maller talks about the change in social trends and how they are so rapid in the megalopolis region of New York. The article looks at the demographic and social-economic trends of the city. The population of New York City has reached astonishing heights over the last few years. People have been moving in and out of the region for a variety of different regions. The density of the population is due to workers moving to New York over the…

The ethical issue related to population issues or environmental issues that I learned about from Unit 6 Reading Assignments implies Urban sprawl threatening Biodiversity. Urban sprawl can be defined as the uncontrolled expansion of urban areas. That is, the uncontrolled spread of urban development into neighboring regions. Urban sprawl is indeed having a great effect on the Biodiversity around the world as a whole. Biodiversity simply refers to is the variety of life thus comprising all the…

If you look around, you notice grids are used everywhere in day-to-day life. For example, the keyboard on your laptop, the pixelated squares on your TV screen, and the apps on your IPhone all consist of grids. In the article Grids, Rosalind Krauss discusses the significance of grids in artwork, specifically in modern art. Krauss describes grids as the “modernity of modern art” and examines the impact behind the grid’s centrifugal and centripetal existence. There are two ways in which Krauss…

As the youth starts to grow up it’s evident that they need a place that they can feel safe while being comfortable in, and it should also be a place where they feel they made the right decision to stay. As teens turn to young adult they start to realize that they want a city that can offer better things for them and their future children. Often times young adults should start with a city that is close to the size of Phoenix or Philadelphia which are not too big because it would cause them to…

this started in this area. It is a great idea for everyone involved. It makes the city more appealing to people who are looking into moving back into the downtown area of our city. This worked in downtown Detroit. It has turned the landscape into urban agriculture across the city. Besides growing food for the community, it helps people to learn, teach and spend time together. By doing this people of the community can develop a closer relationship with each other. They would look out for one…

If you could place a dot on a map of a typical white suburb it would be Tempe, Arizona. I grew up here and so did my parents and neighbors. Tempe, Arizona is all I know because it is the only thing I have seen and heard of. Don’t get me wrong Tempe is a strong community, but it is like everyone is trapped here.I like to call my community a bubble. In this bubble I was raised it has shaped me to be different from everyone in my environment. I am going to give you a little background on Tempe.…

much urban sprawl has occurred in the D’Olive Creek Watershed from 1989 to 2016. As stated previously, impervious surfaces reroute runoff, which can impact sedimentation, erosion, and pollution processes in local environments. Over the past few decades, urban development has had negative effects on the local watershed (Coffee 2010). Based on Figures 2 and 3, it can be asserted that this environmental stress correlates with the local, urban sprawl displayed…

In the late 1880s, there was a growth of cities never experienced before in the Northeast and Midwest regions of America. This rapid urbanization was caused by a great amount of immigration to the United States, and by improvements in the farming industry. Even though immigration and inventions helped to increase the rate at which cities grew, rapid urbanization brought many problems having to do with housing, transportation, water distribution, crime, and fire. To counter these problems, city…

housing estates for the rapid growth in population arosed. Other than that, the growing number of locals moved from rural areas to urban which led to rural-urban migration. The reason behind is that in rural areas, there are lack of community facilities and medical service which are the push factors. The developers, however, provide many attractions to attract people live in urban area. For example, Harbour One ,which is built by Emperor Ivestment Limited and located in Hong Kong Island West, is…

Since 1800, the world has experienced the process of migration from rural areas to cities. In 1800, only 3% of total population lived in the urban areas, but in the following two centuries, the population of cities has rapidly increased to over 50% (Godfrey and Julien, 2005). Because of the development of technology, farming has been becoming more effective than ever. The increasing number of farmer has been losing their jobs (Knoll, 2014). Therefore, in many developing countries, the better…