According to Louis Wirth, the following variables are important in making urban life impersonal:

A. Location

B. Affluence

C. Size

D. Density

E. Heterogeneity

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  1. A, B and C only
  2. B, C and D only
  3. C, D and E only
  4. A, C and E only

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Option 3 : C, D and E only
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According to Louis Wirth, the following variables are important in making urban life impersonal :

  • Size
  • Density
  • Heterogeneity

Important Points 

  • Louis Wirth was an American Sociologist and member of the Chicago School of Sociology.
  • Urbanism as a way of life and Ghetto are his concepts.
  • His books are :
  1. The Ghetto (1928)
  2. The Urban mode of life (1937)
  3. Urbanism as a way of life (1938)
  4. On cities and Social life (1964)

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