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Social order and Social Change in Rural Areas Social Order and Social Change in Urban areas
❖ Change is slower to arrive in villages ➢ Urbanism as a way of life for large
than in towns because of segments of the population is a modern
personalised relationships and as phenomenon.
traditional social practices are
stronger. ➢ City life and modernity go very well
together.
❖ New modes of communication has
accelerated the pace of change in ➢ City fosters the development of group
villages. identities, based on factors like race,
religion, ethnicity etc.
❖ Land reforms have altered the
structure of land ownership. ➢ High population density places a great
premium on SPACE and creates very
❖ Changes in the technological complex problems of logistics.
organisation of agriculture also has a
➢ City life presents challenges of
large and immediate impact on rural
society. planning, implementation and
maintenance.
❖ Sudden fluctuations in agricultural
prices, droughts or floods can cause ➢ Shortage of housing for the poor leads
havoc in rural society. to homelessness and the phenomenon
of ‘street people’. It is also the leading
cause for the emergence of slums.
➢ People live in cities is based on Socio-
cultural identities. Creation of ghettoes
through the conversion of mixed
composition neighbourhoods into
single community neighbourhoods is
common in cities all over the world.
