Urban Sociology

Explore the intricate dynamics of life in urban spaces, where the interplay of social structures, cultures, and environments shapes the experiences of city dwellers. This subject delves into the critical role of urbanization in societal development and the challenges that come with rapidly changing urban landscapes.

Urban Sociology

1 What is Urban Sociology?

  1. Origin and Development
  2. Subject-matter and Scope
  3. Approaches to the Study of Urban Sociology
  4. Urban Sociology and Other Social Sciences

2 Urban Centre, Urbanisation and Urban Growth

  1. Concept of Urban
  2. Defining “Urban” in the Indian Context
  3. Some Categories of Towns According to the Indian Census
  4. Concept of Urbanisation and Urban Growth: Historical Background

3 City and Metropolis

  1. Concept of City
  2. Basis of Occupation
  3. Town/City According to Indian Census
  4. Concept of Metropolis

4 Rural-Urban Continuum

  1. Approaches to the Study of Urban Phenomena
  2. Explanation
  3. Critique

5 Invasion, Succession, Concentration, Centralization and Segregation

  1. Theories and Major Perspectives of Urban Sociology
  2. Invasion and Succession
  3. Concentration and Centralization
  4. Segregation

6 Models of Urban Growth – Concentric Zones, Sectors, Multiple Nuclei, Explai tative, Symbolic

  1. Concentric Zone Model
  2. Sectors Model
  3. Multiple Nuclei Model
  4. Exploitative Model
  5. Symbolic Approach

7 Social Area Analysis and Recent Advances

  1. Concept and Technique of Social Area Analysis
  2. Factorial Ecology
  3. Recent use of Social Area Analysis in Different Fields
  4. Critique of Social Area Analysis as a Technique

8 Ancient, Medieval and Colonial Cities- Case Studies

  1. Emergence of the City of Ujjain
  2. Shahjahanabad: A City in the 17th Century
  3. Kolkata: A Colonial City

9 Typologies of Cities

  1. Production Centres
  2. Centres of Trade and Commerce
  3. Capitals and Administrative Centres
  4. Health and Recreation Centres
  5. Religious and Cultural Centres
  6. Diversified Cities

10 Temporal Evolution of Ancient, Modern, Pre-Industrial and Industrial Cities

  1. Ancient Cities
  2. Modern Cities
  3. Pre-Industrial Cities
  4. Industrial Cities

11 Functional Classification of Cities – Commercial, Administrative and Pilgrimage Towns

  1. Commercial Centres
  2. Administrative Towns
  3. Pilgrimage Cities and Towns
  4. Interconnectedness among Commercial, Administrative and Pilgrimage Centres

12 Trends and Pattern of Urbanisation

  1. Census Classification of Urban Settlements
  2. Trends and Pattern of Urbanisation in India Across Size Class of Urban Settlements
  3. Pattern of Urbanisation: An Interstate Analysis
  4. Analysis of Growth of Urban Centres
  5. Disparity in Growth Across Size Class of Urban Centres

13 Development of Urban Sociology

  1. Chicago School
  2. Studies in Urban/Human Ecology
  3. Political Economy of Urbanism
  4. The New Urban Sociology
  5. Urban Sociology and Theories on Underdevelopment
  6. Post Modern Urbanism
  7. Sustainable Urban Development

14 Urban Sociology in lndia

  1. Historical Comparative Studies
  2. Ecological Studies
  3. Studies on Urbanisation and Urban Growth
  4. Urban Poverty Housing and Slums
  5. Caste Class and Ethnic Formations

15 Level, Trends and Patterns

  1. Urban Growth in India: Trends
  2. Classification of Towns by Size and Differential Trends of Urbanization
  3. Inter-State Variation in Urbanization
  4. West Bengal Model
  5. Changing Urban Employment Market and its Impact on Urbanization

16 Marriage, Family and Kinship

  1. Impact of Urbanization and Social Change in India
  2. Continuity and Change: The Institution of Marriage
  3. Continuity and Change: The Institution of Family
  4. Continuity and Change: The Institution of Kinship

17 Traditional Neighbourhoods and Modern Cities

  1. Concept of Neighbourhood
  2. Neighbourhood Studies
  3. Neighbourhoods: Traditional and Modern
  4. Criticism

18 Urban lnfluences on Rural Areas

  1. Some Major Studies
  2. Urban Impact through Migration
  3. Influences of Urban Areas
  4. Occupational Changes Particularly in Periods of Globalisation
  5. Political Influences
  6. Social Influences
  7. Cultural Influences

19 Formal Sector

  1. Comparison between Formal/Organised and Unorganised Sectors
  2. Employment Growth in Formal Organised Manufacturing
  3. Characteristics of Formal Sector Employment in the Post Reform Period
  4. Regional Variation in Organised Industrial Employment in India
  5. A Case Study of Andhra Pradesh: Characteristics of Formal Sector Employment

20 Urban Informal Sector

  1. Formal Sector and Informal Sector
  2. Dimensions of the Urban Informal Sector in India
  3. Growth of Small Scale Industries
  4. Composition of the Informal Sector
  5. Case Studies of Garment Workers

21 Changing Occupational Structure and Impact of Economic Liberalization

  1. New Indian Economy
  2. The Urban Scenario
  3. The Rural Scenario
  4. Some Trends

22 Poverty

  1. Poverty: A Definition
  2. Socio-historical Analysis of Poverty Studies
  3. Urban Poverty in India
  4. Globalization and Poverty

23 Slums

  1. Nature of the Slum
  2. Brief Historical Perspectives on the Slums
  3. Characteristics of the Slums
  4. Functions of the Slums
  5. The Indian Context: Socio-Economic Profile of the Indian Slums
  6. Approaches to the Slum Problems

24 Environment and Infrastructure

  1. Impact of Urbanisation on Environmental Quality
  2. Environmental Infrastructure
  3. Policy Perspectives on Urban Environment Management
  4. Urban Governance and Urban Environment: Infrastructure and Services Management

25 Local Self Government and the Emergence of Voluntary Organisation

  1. Local Government: Few Definitions
  2. Evolution of Urban Local Government in India
  3. Nagarpalika Bill 1989
  4. Functions of the Municipalities
  5. Metropolitan Planning Committee (MPC)
  6. Emergence of the Voluntary Organisations

26 Urban Planning

  1. Urban Planning: Nature and Scope
  2. Historical Evolution of Urban Planning
  3. Main Concerns of Urban Planning
  4. New Approach to Urban Planning
  5. Main Objectives of the National Urbanization Policy

27 Media and Urban Governance

  1. Media-Governance Interface
  2. Media in Contemporary Urban Governance
  3. Nature of Mass Media
  4. Roles and Responsibility of Media
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