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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

LEARNING OBJECTIVES


1

Understand the components of population that contribute to population problems.

2

Identify the problems created by population processes and the factors that contribute to these processes.

3

Understand the meaning of aging and ways in which growing old affects the quality of people's lives.

4

Show the crucial importance of social roles, norms, and institutions to the well-being of aging.

5

Discuss global urban growth and the problems that growth creates.

6

Identify the structural and social psychological factors involved in urban growth and urban problems.