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472 CHAPTER 14 Population and Urbanization

City Life Why have U.S. cities declined?
Three primary reasons for the decline of U.S. cities are sub-
urbanization (as people moved to the suburbs, the tax base
14.5 Discuss alienation and community, types of people who live in
of cities eroded and services deteriorated), disinvestment
the city, the norm of noninvolvement, and the diffusion of responsibility.
(banks withdrew their financing), and deindustrialization
Who lives in the city? (which caused a loss of jobs). Pp. 468–469.
Some people experience alienation in the city; others find What social policy can salvage U.S. cities?
community in it. What people find depends largely on their Three guiding principles for developing urban social policy
backgrounds and urban networks. Five types of people who are scale, livability, and social justice. P. 470.
live in cities are cosmopolites, singles, ethnic villagers, the
deprived, and the trapped. Pp. 464–468.
Urban Problems and Social Policy

14.6 Explain the effects of suburbanization, disinvestment and
deindustrialization, and the potential of urban revitalization.

Thinking Critically about Chapter 14
1. Do you think that the world is threatened by a popula- 2. Why do people find alienation or community in the city?
tion explosion? Use data from this chapter to support 3. What are the causes of urban problems, and what can we
your position. do to solve those problems?