Communities


At present, this will be limited to considering the larger cities of the world. No further attempt at classifying or analyzing them is yet included, although this may be added in the future. This page has a limited list of the largest cities in the world. These are urbanized areas including suburbs and surrounding areas and may include more than one political subdivision.	Sapience Home Site Map About Sapience Sociology Cities

At present, this will be limited to considering the larger cities of the world. No further attempt at classifying or analyzing them is yet included, although this may be added in the future. This page has a limited list of the largest cities in the world. These are urbanized areas including suburbs and surrounding areas and may include more than one political subdivision.

Sociology

Cities

City list

This is an alphabetical list of cities. These are being added to the list in approximately decreasing order of population.

City List

A-C D-L M-R S-Z

A-C

D-L

M-R

S-Z

Abidjan
Berlin
Porto Alegre
Barcelona
Monterrey
Shantou
Surat
Hangchou
Casablanca
Seattle
Ankara
Melbourne
Brasilia
Recife
Athens
Montreal
Pyongyang
Pusan
Cape Town
Fortaleza
Salvador da Bahia
Durban
Kanpur
Medellin
Milan
Rome
Accra
Curitiba
Dairen
Minneapolis
Changchun
Kiev


History The history of communities will be examined as the site develops. However, history does not provide a convenient method of searching the list of communities.	Other sites: Thomas Brinkeroff: The Principal Agglomerations of the World
Other Sociology The list of communities may be searched by peoples of the world. Social structure and change may be applied to their examination and analysis. Institutions The institutions of a community form much of its structure. These can often be identified by community architecture. Culture Various elements of culture are important in the organization of cities and communities. Behavioral culture Cultural events including holidays, gatherings, disasters, and miscellanous events are important. Recreation and entertainment including sports, games, theatre, dance, and music can be considered. Occupations including service occupations, industrial occupations, communication related occupations, transportation occupations, building related occupations, and food related occupations can be considered. Customs including institutional customs, social interaction customs, dress and adornment, living and dwelling, and vital customs will be useful. Conceptual culture Philosophy including metaphysics, aesthetics, ethics, epistemology, and particular schools and doctrines will also be further considered. Applied science including applied social science, accountin, information science, medical science, navigation, engineering, and measurement can be connected. Mathematics including statistics, geometry, analysis, algebra, arithmetic, and mathematical foundations can be connected. Literature including literary works, literary types and genres, literary forms, and oral tradition can be considered. Graphic arts including computer graphics, photography, printmaking, painting, and drawing can be considered. Language including languages of the world, writing, and linguistics will also be further considered. Material culture Miscellanous artifacts such as sculpture, musical instruments, medicines, and toys, are not highly visible. Communications technology including electronic communications, graphic communication, and written communication can sometimes be seen. Transportation networks including space transportation, air transportation, water transportation, land transportation, and packaging are highly visible. Clothing is not highly visible. Foodstuffs including prepared foods, processed foods, and agricultral products are vital but not highly visible. Building technology including outdoor structures, complete buildings, furnishings, building parts, and materials are highly significant. Industrial technology including advanced technology, utilities, machinery, chemical technology, weaponry, fuels, and tools is less visible. Anthropology Particular groups Particular groups may be helpful. Human geography The physical location and environment of cities is a matter of human geography. European geography including Balkan, Italian, Iberian, Eastern European, Central European, Northeast European, Island European, and Scandinavian geograpy is the location for some cities. Asian geograpy is the location for others, Southwest Asia for a few, but also South Asia, Southeast Asia, East Asia, Central Asia, and North Asia. African geography including Northern Africa, Eastern Africa, Western Africa, North Central Africa, South Central Africa, and Southern African can be connected. North American geography including Northern North American geography, Middle North American geography, and Southern North American geography will be highly useful. South American geography can be connected. Oceanic geography can be connected. Human ecology Human effects on the environment can be connected. Relations with other life can be connected. Environmental influence on people can be connected. Physical anthropology Human dispersion can be connected. Racial variation can be connected. Human origins can be connected. Demography Population change can be connected. Population size and structure can be connected. Morbidity and mortality can be connected. Migration can be connected. Births can be connected. Social foundations Social group behavior can be connected. Social group types can be connected. Social control can be connected. Social interaction can be connected. Social presentation can be connected. Personal studies Biographies Biographies may be connected to particular cities, although these connections are not yet clear. Psychology Social psychology might be connected. Personality can be considered. Mental disorders can be connected. Developmental psychology can be considered. Behavior patterns can be considered. Mind can be connected. Behavioral elements can be connected. Human body Form and appearance can be connected. Life cycle can be connected. Disease can be connected. Body functions can be connected. Body systems can be connected. Science Biology Biohistory including Precambrian, Paleozoic, Mesozoic, and Cenozoic eras can be connected. Ecology including biogreography, ecosystems, evolution, system ecology, community ecology, population ecology, and behavioral ecology can be connected. Systematics including animals, fungi, plants, protists, and microbes can be connected. Organism biology including behavior, life cycle, form, organ systems, tissues, and habitat can be connected. Cell biology including cell types, cell behavior, and cell anatomy might be connected. Molecular biology including nucleic acids, proteins, lipids, carbohydrates, small organics, and inorganics can be connected. Earth science Geohistory including Precambrian, Paleozoic, Mesozoic, and Cenozoic eras can be connected. Physical geography including mapping, terrestrial geography, and oceanic geography can be connected. Atmospheric science including climatology, meteorology, and atmospheric structure can be connected. Hydrospheric science including oceans, glaciers, groundwater, and freshwater can be connected. Geology including interior geology, geological processes, landforms, petrology, and minerals can be connected. Astronomy Communities are only weakly connected to cosmology. Galactic astronomy is also weakly connected. Stellar astronomy including astrocartography, star clusters, stars, and the interstellar medium is weakly connected. Local astronomy including solar system history, the sun, solar planetary systems, minor bodies, and the interplanetary medium can be connected. Chemistry Chemical systems including organic systems, inorganic systems, gaseous systems, liquid systems, and solid systems can be connected. Chemical change including nuclear reactions, chemical reactions, and physical changes can be considered. Chemical substances including mixtures, compounds, and elements can be connected. Physics The structure of matter including exotic matter, bulk matter, molecular physics, atomic physics, and subatomic physics can be connected. Quantum physics can be connected. Relativity including general relativity and special relativity can be connected. Electromagnetism including optics, magnetism, electric current, and electrostatics can be connected. Thermodynamics including nonclassical thermodynamics, classical thermodynamics, and statistical mechanics can be connected. Mechanics including gravitation, nonrigid mechanics, rigid body mechanics, and particle mechanics can be connected.

History

The history of communities will be examined as the site develops. However, history does not provide a convenient method of searching the list of communities.

Other sites:

Thomas Brinkeroff: The Principal Agglomerations of the World

Other Sociology

The list of communities may be searched by peoples of the world. Social structure and change may be applied to their examination and analysis.

Institutions

The institutions of a community form much of its structure. These can often be identified by community architecture.

Culture

Various elements of culture are important in the organization of cities and communities.

Behavioral culture

Cultural events including holidays, gatherings, disasters, and miscellanous events are important. Recreation and entertainment including sports, games, theatre, dance, and music can be considered. Occupations including service occupations, industrial occupations, communication related occupations, transportation occupations, building related occupations, and food related occupations can be considered. Customs including institutional customs, social interaction customs, dress and adornment, living and dwelling, and vital customs will be useful.

Conceptual culture

Philosophy including metaphysics, aesthetics, ethics, epistemology, and particular schools and doctrines will also be further considered. Applied science including applied social science, accountin, information science, medical science, navigation, engineering, and measurement can be connected. Mathematics including statistics, geometry, analysis, algebra, arithmetic, and mathematical foundations can be connected. Literature including literary works, literary types and genres, literary forms, and oral tradition can be considered. Graphic arts including computer graphics, photography, printmaking, painting, and drawing can be considered. Language including languages of the world, writing, and linguistics will also be further considered.

Material culture

Miscellanous artifacts such as sculpture, musical instruments, medicines, and toys, are not highly visible. Communications technology including electronic communications, graphic communication, and written communication can sometimes be seen. Transportation networks including space transportation, air transportation, water transportation, land transportation, and packaging are highly visible. Clothing is not highly visible. Foodstuffs including prepared foods, processed foods, and agricultral products are vital but not highly visible. Building technology including outdoor structures, complete buildings, furnishings, building parts, and materials are highly significant. Industrial technology including advanced technology, utilities, machinery, chemical technology, weaponry, fuels, and tools is less visible.

Anthropology

Particular groups

Particular groups may be helpful.

Human geography

The physical location and environment of cities is a matter of human geography. European geography including Balkan, Italian, Iberian, Eastern European, Central European, Northeast European, Island European, and Scandinavian geograpy is the location for some cities. Asian geograpy is the location for others, Southwest Asia for a few, but also South Asia, Southeast Asia, East Asia, Central Asia, and North Asia. African geography including Northern Africa, Eastern Africa, Western Africa, North Central Africa, South Central Africa, and Southern African can be connected. North American geography including Northern North American geography, Middle North American geography, and Southern North American geography will be highly useful. South American geography can be connected. Oceanic geography can be connected.

Human ecology

Human effects on the environment can be connected. Relations with other life can be connected. Environmental influence on people can be connected.

Physical anthropology

Human dispersion can be connected. Racial variation can be connected. Human origins can be connected.

Demography

Population change can be connected. Population size and structure can be connected. Morbidity and mortality can be connected. Migration can be connected. Births can be connected.

Social foundations

Social group behavior can be connected. Social group types can be connected. Social control can be connected. Social interaction can be connected. Social presentation can be connected.

Personal studies

Biographies

Biographies may be connected to particular cities, although these connections are not yet clear.

Psychology

Social psychology might be connected. Personality can be considered. Mental disorders can be connected. Developmental psychology can be considered. Behavior patterns can be considered. Mind can be connected. Behavioral elements can be connected.

Human body

Form and appearance can be connected. Life cycle can be connected. Disease can be connected. Body functions can be connected. Body systems can be connected.

Science

Biology

Biohistory including Precambrian, Paleozoic, Mesozoic, and Cenozoic eras can be connected. Ecology including biogreography, ecosystems, evolution, system ecology, community ecology, population ecology, and behavioral ecology can be connected. Systematics including animals, fungi, plants, protists, and microbes can be connected. Organism biology including behavior, life cycle, form, organ systems, tissues, and habitat can be connected. Cell biology including cell types, cell behavior, and cell anatomy might be connected. Molecular biology including nucleic acids, proteins, lipids, carbohydrates, small organics, and inorganics can be connected.

Earth science

Geohistory including Precambrian, Paleozoic, Mesozoic, and Cenozoic eras can be connected. Physical geography including mapping, terrestrial geography, and oceanic geography can be connected. Atmospheric science including climatology, meteorology, and atmospheric structure can be connected. Hydrospheric science including oceans, glaciers, groundwater, and freshwater can be connected. Geology including interior geology, geological processes, landforms, petrology, and minerals can be connected.

Astronomy

Communities are only weakly connected to cosmology. Galactic astronomy is also weakly connected. Stellar astronomy including astrocartography, star clusters, stars, and the interstellar medium is weakly connected. Local astronomy including solar system history, the sun, solar planetary systems, minor bodies, and the interplanetary medium can be connected.

Chemistry

Chemical systems including organic systems, inorganic systems, gaseous systems, liquid systems, and solid systems can be connected. Chemical change including nuclear reactions, chemical reactions, and physical changes can be considered. Chemical substances including mixtures, compounds, and elements can be connected.

Physics

The structure of matter including exotic matter, bulk matter, molecular physics, atomic physics, and subatomic physics can be connected. Quantum physics can be connected. Relativity including general relativity and special relativity can be connected. Electromagnetism including optics, magnetism, electric current, and electrostatics can be connected. Thermodynamics including nonclassical thermodynamics, classical thermodynamics, and statistical mechanics can be connected. Mechanics including gravitation, nonrigid mechanics, rigid body mechanics, and particle mechanics can be connected.

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