Social area analysis . Introduction .   Ernest Burgess, Concentric Zone theory explain the structure of city and growth. He described distribution of population in Chicago city. The theory has also limitations. It was based on not the American city. The cities every time does not grow in circle form. There is also other theories …

Trend and pattern of urbanisation. Introduction .   That trend and pattern of urbanisation varies according to the social-economic prospective of a country. The population structure of Indian city divided in the six classes, they are class l, Class ll, class lll, class lV, class V and class Vl cities. The class I cities contains m…

The city   The city concept and characteristic. Introduction .   The word ‘city’ is related to Latin root word ‘Civitas'. The scholar uses different character and basis to define city. But it has some major characteristic that makes the settlement a city. In the time of Neolithic revolution, large human settlement was found in d…

Urbanisation Concept of urbanisation and urban growth . Introduction .      The word urban was derived for the Latin word ‘Urbanus’. The base word is ‘Urbs’, means “The city”. The English meaning of urban is ‘related to city’. Urbanisation is a process in which a city grows, and large number of people come to an urban center or c…

Folk Society Folk Society . Introduction .   Robert redfield defined folk society in his book ‘The folk culture of Yucatan’ in the year 1941. He finds the ideal type of folk society in rural-urban continuum. The folk society is polar opposite of urban society. He’s study based on Mexican province of Yucatan. He examined four commu…

Scope of urban Sociology   Scope of urban sociology. Introduction .   Urban sociology deals with the relationship between man an environment. It is a study of urban settlement, social relationship,  social mobility , social institution and human civilization. Urban sociology covered the largest sociological field of study. The urban…