Arrival City：How the Largest Migration in History Is Reshaping Our World

Lookaround：thelargestmigrationinhumanhistoryisunderway.Forthefirsttimeever，morepeoplearelivingincitiesthaninruralareas.Between2007and2050，theworld’scitieswillhaveabsorbed3.1billionpeople.Urbanizationisthemassmovementthatwillchangeourworldduringthetwenty-firstcentury，andthe“arrivalcity”iswhereitistakingplace.Thearrivalcityexistsontheoutskirtsofthemetropolis，intheslums，orinthesuburbs;theAmericanversionisNewYork’sLowerEastSideofacenturyagoortoday’sHerndonCounty，Virginia.Thesearetheplaceswherenewcomerstrytoestablishnewlivesandtointegratethemselvessociallyandeconomically.Theirgoalistobuildcommunities，tosaveandinvest，and，hopefully，moveout，makingroomforthenextwaveofmigrants.Forsome，successisyearsaway;forothers，itwillnevercomeatall.Asvibrantplacesofexchange，arrivalcitieshavelongbeenindicatorsofsocialhealth.Whetherit’sParisin1789orTehranin1978，whenevermigrantpopulationsaresystematicallyignored，weshouldexpectviolenceandextremism.But，astheaward-winningjournalistDougSaundersdemonstrates，whenwemakeproperinvestmentsinourarrivalcities—throughtransportation，education，security，andcitizenship—aprosperousmiddleclassdevelops.Saunderstakesusonatourofthesevitalcenters，fromMarylandtoShenzhen，fromthefavelasofRiototheshantytownsofMumbai，fromLosAngelestoNairobi.Heuncoversthestories—bothinspiringandheartbreaking—ofthepeoplewholivethere，andheshowsushowthelifeordeathofourarrivalcitieswilldeterminetheshapeofourfuture.