{"id":373,"date":"2016-06-14T18:59:41","date_gmt":"2016-06-14T18:59:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/introductiontosociology-waymaker\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=373"},"modified":"2016-07-06T15:53:15","modified_gmt":"2016-07-06T15:53:15","slug":"outcome-urbanization","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/atd-herkimer-introsociology\/chapter\/outcome-urbanization\/","title":{"raw":"Outcome: Urbanization","rendered":"Outcome: Urbanization"},"content":{"raw":"<h2>Describe the growth of cities and the\u00a0process of Urbanization<\/h2>\r\nCities provide numerous opportunities for their residents and offer significant benefits including access to goods to numerous job opportunities. At the same time, high population areas can lead to tensions between demographic groups, as well as environmental strain. While the population of urban dwellers is continuing to rise, sources of social strain are rising along with it. 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At the same time, high population areas can lead to tensions between demographic groups, as well as environmental strain. While the population of urban dwellers is continuing to rise, sources of social strain are rising along with it. The ultimate challenge for today\u2019s urbanites is finding an equitable way to share the city\u2019s resources while reducing the pollution and energy use that negatively impacts the environment.<\/p>\n<h2>What you&#8217;ll learn to do:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Describe the process of urbanization in the United States and the growth of urban populations worldwide<\/li>\n<li>Understand the function of suburbs, exurbs, and concentric zones<\/li>\n<li>Discuss urbanization from various sociological perspectives<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Learning Activities<\/h3>\n<p>The learning activities for this section include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Reading:\u00a0Urbanization on the Rise<\/li>\n<li>Reading: Theoretical Perspectives on Urbanization<\/li>\n<li>Self-Check: Urbanization<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\t\t\t <section class=\"citations-section\" role=\"contentinfo\">\n\t\t\t <h3>Candela Citations<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t <div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <div id=\"citation-list-373\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <div class=\"licensing\"><div class=\"license-attribution-dropdown-subheading\">CC licensed content, Original<\/div><ul class=\"citation-list\"><li>Objectives and Activities. <strong>Provided by<\/strong>: Lumen Learning. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"license\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\">CC BY: Attribution<\/a><\/em><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"license-attribution-dropdown-subheading\">CC licensed content, Shared previously<\/div><ul class=\"citation-list\"><li>Introduction to Sociology 2e. <strong>Authored by<\/strong>: OpenStax CNX. <strong>Located at<\/strong>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/cnx.org\/contents\/02040312-72c8-441e-a685-20e9333f3e1d\/Introduction_to_Sociology_2e\">http:\/\/cnx.org\/contents\/02040312-72c8-441e-a685-20e9333f3e1d\/Introduction_to_Sociology_2e<\/a>. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"license\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\">CC BY: Attribution<\/a><\/em>. <strong>License Terms<\/strong>: Download for free at http:\/\/cnx.org\/contents\/02040312-72c8-441e-a685-20e9333f3e1d@3.49<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t <\/section>","protected":false},"author":29,"menu_order":5,"template":"","meta":{"_candela_citation":"[{\"type\":\"original\",\"description\":\"Objectives and Activities\",\"author\":\"\",\"organization\":\"Lumen Learning\",\"url\":\"\",\"project\":\"\",\"license\":\"cc-by\",\"license_terms\":\"\"},{\"type\":\"cc\",\"description\":\"Introduction to Sociology 2e\",\"author\":\"OpenStax CNX\",\"organization\":\"\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/cnx.org\/contents\/02040312-72c8-441e-a685-20e9333f3e1d\/Introduction_to_Sociology_2e\",\"project\":\"\",\"license\":\"cc-by\",\"license_terms\":\"Download for free at http:\/\/cnx.org\/contents\/02040312-72c8-441e-a685-20e9333f3e1d@3.49\"}]","CANDELA_OUTCOMES_GUID":"54e4f209-057d-4464-bae5-77981516eab9","pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-373","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":360,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/atd-herkimer-introsociology\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/373","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/atd-herkimer-introsociology\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/atd-herkimer-introsociology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/atd-herkimer-introsociology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/atd-herkimer-introsociology\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/373\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2191,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/atd-herkimer-introsociology\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/373\/revisions\/2191"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/atd-herkimer-introsociology\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/360"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/atd-herkimer-introsociology\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/373\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/atd-herkimer-introsociology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/atd-herkimer-introsociology\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=373"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/atd-herkimer-introsociology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=373"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/atd-herkimer-introsociology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}