Communities in Industrial and Post-industrial Cities

Čovjek kao društveno biće ima potrebu dijeliti prostor s drugim ljudima. Povijesno gledajući možemo vidjeti kako su i prve zajednice zajedno obitavale i međusobno si pomagale. S vremenom se situacija mijenjala, no zajednica i dalje postoji, ali sada i u nekim drugim oblicima. Sociološki klasici zajednicu smatraju temeljnom idejom sociologije. Karakterizira je stapanje misli, osjećaja, tradicije, privrženosti, htjenja i pripadanja, a pronaći se može u lokalitetima, religiji, rasi, naciji, pokretu ili zvanju. Zajednica doživljava mnoge promjene kroz industrijsko, postindustrijsko i moderno vrijeme. Jedan od procesa koji je u velikoj mjeri utjecao na urbanu sredinu koju danas poznajemo jest globalizacija. Ovaj proces potaknuo je niz drugih procesa koji su u konačnici rezultirali promjenama u urbanoj sredini kakvu danas poznajemo. Tehnička dostignuća koja su unaprijedila društvo u velikoj mjeri donose probleme u neke druge dijelove društva. Novi oblik zajednica, odnosno virtualne zajednice, označavaju manjak socijalne interakcije i sve veću zastupljenost korištenja tehnologije. Čovjek se postupno navikava na sveprisutnost dehumanizacije koja je rezultat mekdonaliziranog društva. Uz navedene procese događa se i niz drugih koje do sada nismo ni poznavali, a sada nam postaju svakodnevnica.Man as a social being needs to share space with other people. Historically, we can see how the first communities lived together and helped each other. Over time, the situation has changed, but the community still exists, but now in some other forms. Sociological classics consider the community to be the fundamental idea of sociology. It is characterized by the merging of thoughts, feelings, traditions, attachments, wills, and belonging, and can be found in localities, religion, race, nation, movement, or vocation. The community is experiencing many changes through industrial, post-industrial, and modern times. One of the processes that has greatly affected the urban environment we know today is globalization. This process prompted a series of other processes that ultimately resulted in changes in the urban environment as we know it today. Technical advances that have improved society greatly bring problems to some other parts of society. The new form of community, i.e. virtual community, indicates a lack of social interaction and an increasing presence of the use of technology. Man is gradually getting used to the ubiquity of dehumanization that is the result of a McDonaldized society. In addition to the above processes, it happens through others that we did not even know until now, and now they are becoming our everyday life