The sociology of city life

The sociology of city life

, société urbaine, sociologie urbaine, urbanité, genèse des villes, forme urbaine, aménagement urbain, habitants, pauvreté, délinquance, santé, health, service public, gouvernance, Carpenter Niles

Contents : I. The beginnings of city life : 1. The origin of city life 2. The emergence of urbanism II. The location of the city : 1. The urban site 2. General geographic location III. The physical setting of city life : 1. The developmental history of Rome as an epitome of the principles of urban structure and growth 2. The structure of the city 3. The city and its region IV. City growth and its control (city and regional planning): 1. Types and direction of urban growth 2. The extent of urban growth 3. The consequences of urban growth 4. The control of city growth - city and regional planning V. The dweller in the city - 1. The size of urban populations 2. The composition of urban populations 3. Births and deaths VI. The urban way of life - the impact of the city upon personality 1. The conditioned responses characteristic of city life 2. The significance of conditioning influences characteristic of city life VII. The urban way of life - work, home, worship, recreation: 1. Work 2. Home 3. Recreation 4. Religion VII. The debit side of city life - poverty : 1. Poverty IX. The debit side of city life - crime and vice : 1. Crime 2. Organized vice X. The debit side of city life - mental deficiency - mental disease - suicide 1. Mental deficiency and mental disease XI. The economy of city life : 1. The supply services of the city 2. Waste disposal in the city XII. The econonmy of city life - public utilities - public services - government and administration : 1. Public utilities and public services 2. Government and administration XIII. The urban prospect 1. Short-run trends in city life 2. The urban outcome XIV. The urban outcome - an historical postscript : 1. Existing tendencies in city life 2. Possible alternative outcomes of existing tendencies 3. Possible fundamental changes in the nature of city life 4. An historical postscript Niles Carpenter was Head of the Sociology Department and Dean of the School of Social Work at the University of Buffalo.

Niles Carpenter

Longmans, Green and Co.

1931

502

Ouvrage

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