Arrival city : the final migration and our next world
Explores how the movement of populations from rural to urban areas on the margins is reshaping our world and how these transitional spaces are where the next great economic and cultural boom will be born, or where the great explosion of violence will occur. The difference depends on our ability to notice
1 online resource (356 pages) : map
9781742691053, 9781407071787, 1742691056, 1407071785
704462859
Part title; Title page; Contents; Map: Arrival cities and their villages; Preface: The place where everything changes; 1. ON THE EDGE OF THE CITY; Liu Gong Li, China; Tower Hamlets, London, U.K.; 2. OUTSIDE IN: THE LIVES OF THE NEW CITY; Kolhewadi, Ratnagiri, India; Kamrangirchar, Dhaka, Bangladesh; Shenzhen, China; Kibera, Nairobi, Kenya; Santa Marta, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; 3. ARRIVING AT THE TOP OF THE PYRAMID; Los Angeles, California; Herndon, Virginia, and Wheaton, Maryland; 4. THE URBANIZATION OF THE VILLAGE; Tatary, Poland; Shuilin, Sichuan, China; Dorli, Maharashtra, India. Biswanath, Sylhet, Bangladesh5. THE FIRST GREAT MIGRATION: HOW THE WEST ARRIVED; Paris; London; Toronto and Chicago; 6. THE DEATH AND LIFE OF A GREAT ARRIVAL CITY; Istanbul; 7. WHEN THE MARGINS EXPLODE; Emamzadeh 'Iza, Tehran; Petare, Caracas; Mulund, Mumbai; 8. THE NEW CITY CONFRONTS THE OLD WORLD; Les Pyramides, Evry, France; Kreuzberg, Berlin; Parla, Spain; 9. ARRIVAL'S END: MUD FLOOR TO MIDDLE CLASS; Jardim Angela, Sao Paulo, Brazil; Mumbai; 10. ARRIVING IN STYLE; Slotervaart, Amsterdam; Karail, Dhaka, Bangladesh; Thorncliffe Park, Toronto; NOTES; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INDEX