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COMMUNITY

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Definition

  • A community is a local grouping with which people carry out a full round of life activities

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Characteristics of a community

  • Grouping of people
  • Within a geographic area
  • Division of labor into specialized and independent functions
  • Common culture and social system which organizes their activities
  • Members are conscious of their unity and of belonging to community

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  • Types of community

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Rural community

  • Isolation
  • Homogeneity: both cultural and ethnic
  • Complete perception of an individual
  • Conservatism and traditionalism
  • Farming
  • Subsistence economy

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Urban community

  • Division of labor into specialized occupations
  • Social organization based upon occupation and social class
  • Formal government institutions based on territory than family
  • System of trade and commerce
  • Sophisticated means of communication
  • Use of rational technology

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Rural revolution

  • Reduced isolation
  • Commercialization and rationalization of agriculture
  • Urbanization of rural life
  • Rural non-farmer

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Rural and urban convergence: The Town

  • Intermediate between rural and urban communities
  • informal relations predominate
  • Social behaviors more closely resemble With rural
  • Most growth in those which are closer to cities

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Urbanization and future of cities in Pakistan

  • With an urban population growing 3% per year, Pakistanis are flocking to cities faster than any other country in south Asia
  • By 2030, more than half of Pakistanis are expected to live in cities, source I GC
  • Main drivers of urban growth are high birthrates and migration from rural areas
  • Problems of service delivery and creation of jobs
  • Problem of urban sprawl and ruralpolises

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