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Lauer: Social Problems and the Quality of Life
Social Problems and the Quality of Life, 8/e
Robert H. Lauer, U.S. International University
Jeanette C. Lauer, U.S. International University
Population, Aging, and Urban Problems

Chapter Outline


Population

  1. Population Growth
    1. Birth Rates
    2. Death Rates
    3. Migration and Immigration
    4. The Demographic Transition
  2. Problems of Population Growth

    3. GLOBAL COMPARISONS: The Population Challenge: The Case of India

  3. Contributing Factors
    1. Social Structural Factors
    2. Social Psychological Factors
  4. What Is to Be Done?

Aging

  1. How Many Aged?
  2. What Is Aging?
    1. Biology of Aging
    2. Aging as Development
    3. Continuity and Diversity

      4. VOICES: I'm as Busy as Ever

  3. Aging and the Quality of Life
    1. Aloneness and Loneliness
    2. Health and Satisfaction
    3. The Struggle for Autonomy
    4. Institutionalization
    5. Elder Neglect and Abuse
    6. Myths about the Aged
    7. The Right to Die
  4. Contributing Factors
    1. Social Structural Factors
    2. Social Psychological Factors
  5. What Is to Be Done?

Urbanization

  1. Urban Growth
  2. Urban Problems
    1. Urban Sprawl
    2. Housing
    3. Crowding and Congestion
    4. The Environment

      5. INVOLVEMENT: The Attractions of the City

    5. Poverty and Urban Decay
  3. Contributing Factors
    1. Structural Factors
    2. Social Psychological Factors

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