Chapter 20 Flashcards
Functionalists address
The way that immigration and emigration strengthen global relationships
The population doubled in the last 50 years to reach what in 1999?
6 billion
Carrying capacity
Amount of life that can be supported In a certain environment
Malthus believed what would limit human population?
War, famine, disease
Cornucopian theory
Human ingenuity will solve any issue that overpopulation creates
In the concentric zone model, zone b is likely to house
Formerly wealthy homes split into cheap apartments
Prerequisite for existing city
Good water and climate, advanced agriculture, strong social organization
What led to creation of exurbs?
Urban sprawl of crowds to cities
How are suburbs of Paris different from US
Synonymous with housing projects and the poor
How gentrification affects cities?
Less affluent residents are pushed into less desirable areas
Human ecology theory
Relationship between humans and their environments
Urbanization. Sociological study of
Urban economics, urban politics, urban environments
Tragedy of commons
Common grazing lands in Oxford
How human activity affects water supply
Sewage, chemicals, radioactivity
Example of environmental racism
Disproportionate percentage of people of color live in environmentally hazardous areas
