USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Urban Studies majors examine urbanization and its associated social, cultural, economic, and demographic processes. They look at the structures and expressions of urbanization and urban life associated with modern and postmodern cities in the U.S. and around the world.

Detailed explanation-2: -Industrial expansion and population growth radically changed the face of the nation’s cities. Noise, traffic jams, slums, air pollution, and sanitation and health problems became commonplace. Mass transit, in the form of trolleys, cable cars, and subways, was built, and skyscrapers began to dominate city skylines.

Detailed explanation-3: -Urbanization can increase population density by restricting animal movement, increasing available forage, or decreasing competition by reducing the population size of competitors (e.g., Crooks and Soulé 1999, Prange et al.