GEO 320 Urban Geography Fall 2007
Department of Geography and Meteorology, Valparaiso University
The Social Dimensions of Urbanism I: "Urbanism as a way of life"

Chicago School of Urban Sociology

The Individual in the Mass Society

• Louis Wirth "Urbanism as a Way of Life"
• Critique of Wirth Public vs. Private worlds of city life
  

Self Identity and Experience in Private and Public Worlds

Social Interaction and Social Networks in Urban Settings

Types of Social Relationships and Interactions

• Primary Relationships
• Secondary Relationships
• Expressive Interaction
• Instrumental Interaction

Does Urban Space Shape Social Networks?