SOC 143A

Urban Society

Term Paper; Project (Term Project).Theories of city origins. Analysis of the historic process of urbanization and of varying city types. Comparison of American and European experience of metropolitanization,counterurbanization, and neighbourhood change. Consideration of competing theories of urban growth and change and competing visions of the urban future.

Units: 4.0

Hours: Lecture—3 hour(s); Discussion—1 hour(s);