Social disorganization theory
Channel: Subrata Banarjee
Date: 2020-07-10

Their model, known as concentric zone theory and first published in The City (1925), predicted that cities would take the form of five concentric rings.
As sociologists, Park and Burgess, with their students, used concentric zone theory extensively to explain the existence of social problems such as unemployment and crime in certain districts of Chicago. Their research program also involved the extensive use of mapping to reveal the spatial distribution of social problems and to permit comparison between areas.

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