Malthusian Theory Overurbanization Urban Anomie Theory City Demographic Transition Theory

1. 15.3 CHAPTER 15 REALITY
CONNECTION
EMILY KEEFE

2. MALTHUSIAN THEORY
 A theory of population proposed by Thomas Malthus, in which population
increases geometrically and the food supply increases arithmetically.
Because the food supply cannot keep up with the expanding population,
Malthus predicted widespread starvation would result

3. OVERURBANIZATION
 A situation in which more people live in the city than the city can support
in terms of jobs and facilities

4. URBAN ANOMIE THEORY
 A theory of city life in which the city is seen to be an anonymous and
unfriendly place that carries serious negative consequences for those who
live there

5. CITY
 A permanent concentration of relatively large numbers of people who are
engaged mainly in nonagricultural pursuits

6. DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION THEORY
 A theory of population in which population patterns are said to be tied to a
society's level of technological development. Theoretically, a society's
population progresses through three distinct stages

7. SOURCES
LAVERNE, T. (N.D.). SOCIOLOGY CHAPTER 15: POPULATION
AND URBANIZATION. RETRIEVED FROM HOLT MCDOUGAL:
HTTPS://MY.HRW.COM/TABNAV/CONTROLLER.JSP?ISBN=97
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