Urbanism's the study of cities, their geographic, economic, political, social and cultural environment, and the impact of all these forces on the built environment. Urbanism's also a species of urban planning, focusing on the creation of communities for living, work, and play. Urbanists distinguish urban areas from rural areas by their higher population density. They maintain that the difference in population entails a difference in the social and political order as well. Initially, some scholar… (More on Urbanism)