Question

Neighborhoods vary according to three dimensions (or characteristics)-identity, interaction, and linkages. Urban sociologists have used these three dimensions to label five specific types of neighborhoods. An _______________ neighborhood generally has low identity, interaction, and linkages; there is no internal cohesion and great distance from the outside world. This type of neighborhood is characteristic of poor neighborhoods where there is little connection among residents and to the larger urban environment.
a. Parochial
b. Diffuse
c. Anomic
d. Integral

Answer 1

Answer:

Ans. Anomic

Explanation:

Anomic neighborhood, broadly speaking, has a low individuality, interaction, and linkages; there is no internal cohesion and a great distance from the outside world. This kind of area is typical of poor neighborhoods, where inhabitants and the broader urban community were hardly linked.