urban themes
Metropolitan subject matter
Urban themes are subjects, motifs, or concerns associated with city life—density, anonymity, crime, diversity, infrastructure, gentrification, public transit, nightlife.
In arts and media, the term often signals gritty or street-oriented content: The album explores urban themes of poverty and survival.
Urban themes in planning address housing, zoning, and community development.
- graffitiIllegal surface markings
- homelessnessLacking permanent residence
- crowdLarge public gathering
- gentrificationWealthy influx displacing locals
- trashDiscarded worthless material
air pollution · public transit · pedestrian zones · subway platform · hip-hop · municipal budgets · social stratification · corner store · street culture · smart cities · taxi · zoning laws · skyscrapers · high rise · food desert · green roofs · siren · apartments
urban themespastoral
Of countryside or clergy care
pastoralism · agrarianism · idyllic countryside · folk themes · regionalism