Category: Urban Sociology

  • Sociology of Architecture or Architectural Sociology – Overview

    Sociology of architecture or architectural sociology is a sub-field of sociology that focuses on societal functioning and relations based on their built environment and architecture. Using systematic and analytic methods, it puts into perspective the concepts of spatial relations, architecture’s influence on relations, behaviours of humans. Historically, sociologists have used different approaches to the study…

  • Analyzing the Marina in Chennai- A city of Sand

    Introduction: Post the 1990’s, after the launch of economic neo-liberalization in India, a new elite middle class was formed; which guided state-led policies of spatial re-organization and purification. For a country like India that aspires to join the global network and attain a world-class status, the image of the city becomes crucial to attract capital…

  • Japan’s Sociocultural Defense against Covid-19

    ABSTRACT Several critical elements in Japan would be a barrier to getting a handle on COVID-19.   Thirty-million people live within 30 miles of Tokyo, and four million people go through Shinjuku Station daily, one of the most densely populated areas in the world.  The population density makes it ripe for this virus to metastasize uncontrollably. …

  • Urban Sociology: An Overview

    Definition: Urban sociology is a branch of sociology that seeks to study life in cities and their impact on society’s development (“Concepts of Urban” n.d.). The scope of urban sociology includes research on urban ecology, urban organization and the mode of living of urban populations. Introduction: Urban, Urbanism and Urbanization An urban area can be…

  • Pro-family Policies in The United States of America

    Abstract: Pro-family policies are essential to reduce strain on the family and improve family stability. This paper will look into Pro-family policies while focusing on the United States of America. America ranks within the top 15 in the Human Development index. However, their family policies still have room for improvement. In order to analyse the pro-family…

  • What is Urbanisation and Urban Problems in India

    In the last decade saw more than half the world population becoming urbanised and India is the rate of urbanisation is growing at a rapid rate. Over the last 17 years, the urban population in India has been growing by 5.4% and in the year, 2030 more than 41% of the Indian population is expected…

  • Manuel Castells: Information age, Works, Books, Awards

    Manuel Castells was born in Spain in 1942, studied law and economics and completed in Ph.D. in sociology. His area of research was information processing. During 1968, Paris was an international center of Marxist controversy. He finished his first dissertation and was appointed as a professor in Paris at Nanterre. Castells took active participation in…