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    This document summarizes Ernest Burgess's seminal 1925 work on the relationship between social growth and urban expansion. Some key points: 1. Burgess established the study of "social ecology" to understand how a city's physical growth impacts its citizens' lives. 2. He theorized that cities expand in concentric zones, with the central business district at the core surrounded by rings for manufacturing, workers, high-class housing, and commuter suburbs. 3. As a city grows outward, this process of "succession" causes disruption that systems adjust to through reorganization into localized communities, establishing familiar social patterns in each ring.

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    This document summarizes Ernest Burgess's seminal 1925 work on the relationship between social growth and urban expansion. Some key points: 1. Burgess established the study of "social ecology" to understand how a city's physical growth impacts its citizens' lives. 2. He theorized that cities expand in concentric zones, with the central business district at the core surrounded by rings for manufacturing, workers, high-class housing, and commuter suburbs. 3. As a city grows outward, this process of "succession" causes disruption that systems adjust to through reorganization into localized communities, establishing familiar social patterns in each ring.

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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 li(es o# its citi)ens. Est*lishe! the stu!y o# +socil
    ecology, s !istinct pproch to un!erstn!ing ur*n !e(elop&ent. Big on the ter&
    +process,. -his 's his se&inl 'or. on reltionship */t socil gro'th n! ur*n
    e0pnsion.
    1. 1ore 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
    . 2eli)tion tht city !e&ogrphy is #un!&entlly !i##erent thn rurl
    *. $hnges lin.e! 'ith physicl e0pnsion
    2. 3ro& stn!point o# plnning4 e0pnsion o# city 'holly in ter&s o# phys. 5ro'th
    . %ll plnning *se! on the notion tht city 'ill ine(it*ly e0pn!
    *. 6st ur*n conglo&ertes #or&e! *y si&ultneously e0pn!ing to'nsgi(e
    rise to ne' pro*le&s in orgni)tion n! 'ell-*eing o# people
    7. E0pnsion is process tht occurs in concentric rings
    . 1
    st
    ring the $BD
    *. 2
    n!
    ring trnsition re 'ith *light4 in(!e! *y &nu#cturing n! *usiness
    c. 7
    r!
    ring inh*ite! *y 'or.ers in 2
    n!
    ring
    !. 8
    th
    ring resi!entil re o# high-clss !'ellings
    e. 5
    th
    ring the co&&uters9 )one n! stellite su*-res
    #. Ech ring e0pn!s to ne0t n! 'hole city pushes outprocess is +succession,
    g. $o&ple&entry process o# !ecentrli)tion 'ith concentrtion
    i. :eoples con(erge in $BD4 n! try to e0pn! out continuously
    ii. :eople reorgni)e sel(es into +centrli)e! !ecentrli)e! syste& o#
    locl co&&unities,
    8. Socil ills occur 'hen city9s e0pnsion outpces socil re-orgni)tion
    . $o&pres ur*n gro'th to &et*olis& o# *o!ythis is !istur*e! *y
    *nor&l gro'th (;#e! *y e&igrtion)
    *. Disorgni)tion is nor&l4 n! syste& !<usts n! reorgni)es (see s&e
    process in ll cities4 resulting in si&ilr socil ptterns o# concentric rings)
    i. -his !isorgni)tion n! reorgni)tion gi(es city its chrcter
    ii. I# 'e cn &esure this &et*olis& o# city4 it 'ill gi(e us n in!e0 o#
    !isor!er/or!er
    5. +1o(e&ent, is not e(i!ence o# gro'th4 per se4 *ut cn *e st*ili)ing #ctor
    . +1o*ility, is chnge o# &o(e&ent n! in(ol(es chnge4 ne' e0perience4
    n! sti&ultion
    *. But sti&ultion #or s.e o# sti&ultion is pursuit o# (ice&o*ility ten!s to
    !e&orli)e the person (n! &o*ility is gretest in 2
    n!
    ring)
    c. 1o*ility is the +pulse o# the co&&unity,
    !. 1o*ility cn *e &esure! *y = o# people &o(ing n! *y socil contcts
    people h(e
    e. >n! prices re#lect ?&o(e&ent94 thus re#lect sense o# &o*ility
    f. Ed. Notethis section is not totally clear, but it is clear that he is trying to
    predict social quality/vice/etc. by using measures that we would consider
    planners data

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