Unit-5 Urban Social Structure

The unit first gives the meaning and definition of urban social structure and then describes the main features of urban life.

How does the city government in independent India show the nature of urban politics? Use four lines for your answer.

How is the institution of marriage in the cities gradually separated from its sacred religious complex today? Use three lines for your answer.

Distinguish, in two lines, between material density and moral density.

List three indicators of the degree of Urbanisation. Use two lines for your answer.

List three approaches for defining urban social structure. Use two lines for your answer.

Distinguish, in two lines, between material density and moral density.

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Material density - It is the density of population as described by Emile Durkheim. It refers to simple ratio of people to land .

Moral density - It refers to the rate of interaction or communication within a population as described by Emile Durkheim.