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The Growth of the City: An Intro to a Research ProjectErnest Burgess (1925)

About Burgess(1886-1966)In the Sociology Dept. n! " o# $hicgo. %!!resse! issues tht connecte! socil

!yn&ics o# the city 'ith the lies o# its citiens. Est*lishe! the stu!y o# +socil

ecology, s !istinct pproch to un!erstn!ing ur*n !eelop&ent. Big on the ter&+process,. his 's his se&inl 'or on reltionship */t socil gro'th n! ur*n

e0pnsion.

1. ore su*tle chnges on our socil li#e (o#ten ter&e! +socil pro*le&s,) re #oun! in

their &ost cute #or& in lrgest %&ericn cities

. elition tht city !e&ogrphy is #un!&entlly !i##erent thn rurl

*. $hnges line! 'ith physicl e0pnsion2. 3ro& stn!point o# plnning4 e0pnsion o# city 'holly in ter&s o# phys. ro'th

. %ll plnning *se! on the notion tht city 'ill ineit*ly e0pn!

*. st ur*n conglo&ertes #or&e! *y si&ultneously e0pn!ing to'nsgie

rise to ne' pro*le&s in orgnition n! 'ell-*eing o# people7. E0pnsion is process tht occurs in concentric rings

. 1string the $BD*. 2n!ring trnsition re 'ith *light4 in!e! *y &nu#cturing n! *usiness

c. 7r!ring inh*ite! *y 'orers in 2n!ring

!. thring resi!entil re o# high-clss !'ellingse. 5thring the co&&uters one n! stellite su*-res

#. Ech ring e0pn!s to ne0t n! 'hole city pushes outprocess is +succession,

g. $o&ple&entry process o# !ecentrlition 'ith concentrtion

i. :eoples conerge in $BD4 n! try to e0pn! out continuouslyii. :eople reorgnie seles into +centrlie! !ecentrlie! syste& o#

locl co&&unities,. Socil ills occur 'hen citys e0pnsion outpces socil re-orgnition. $o&pres ur*n gro'th to &et*olis& o# *o!ythis is !istur*e! *y

*nor&l gro'th (;#e! *y e&igrtion)

*. Disorgnition is nor&l4 n! syste& !n! prices re#lect ?&oe&ent4 thus re#lect sense o# &o*ility

f. Ed. Notethis section is not totally clear, but it is clear that he is trying topredict social quality/vice/etc. by using measures that we would consider

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