Sustainable Urbanism…Social

CharacterTowns.org is devoted to the ideas and ideals of sustainable urbanism and especially the social sphere of the system. Robert Merton is a social scientist who contributed to fulfilling the social sphere of sustainability.

“Best known for developing theories of deviance, as well as the concepts of “self-fulfilling prophecy” and “role model,” Robert K. Merton is considered one of America’s most influential social scientists. Robert K. Merton was born July 4, 1910 and died February 23, 2003.