Surname 1Urban SociologyStudent’s NameDate of SubmissionUrban sociology Urbanization is a process which is inevitable and has been taking place throughout theworld. It has been associated with both positive and negative effects. It however important tonote that the features of urbanism have some similarities with the traditional ways of living ofthat society (Chauvin, Juan Pablo, et al.p.19). Cities are considered to be a place where cultures,different people, and races merge together to form a hybrid of both culture as well as somebiological aspects of life. Some of these resultant hybrids have positive while others havenegative effects on the lives of the people. All in all, urbanism makes it possible for people ofdifferent ideologies and differences to tolerate one another. The author Louis Wirth has played aparamount role in seeking to understand the effects of urban growth. The author has highlightedseveral factors and their effects on the growth of urban environments. Factors of growth in urban environment The first factor is the social organization resulting from urbanism. In this case, socialfactors are converted from secondary to the primary state because the sense of neighborhood islost. As a result of rural to urban migration in search of the world and other opportunities, thekinship ties are lost as families reside far apart. It is a common observation that majority of theadult-urban people are employed as compared to the adult-rural people. Moreover, urbanismresults in a higher population of its people being in business, and professional work as opposedto the countryside (Louis, p. 4). The second factor is the size of the population aggregateresulting from an increased settlement of people in a certain place. The cultural and individual
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