The Sixth Migration

In 1925, urban planner & historian Lewis Mumford described four “great tides” of migration that reflected the economic transformation of the US. Eight decades later, Robert Fishman (professor of architecture & urban planning at the University of Michigan) noted the large-scale return of people to global cities, labeling it the Fifth Migration. Today’s great tide, the Sixth Migration, is ebbing from global cities & towards a better quality of life.

Sunday, June 09, 2013

The Heart of Demographic Doom

Some Saturday pessimism at Pacific Standard magazine.

Theme: Pondering the endgame of demographic decline.

Subject Article: "Scratching a living: A shocking rate of depopulation in the rural South."

Other Links: 1. "Era of Dying Places."
2. "Portugal’s Japanese Problem."
3. "Autumn of the patriarchs: Traditional demographic patterns are changing astonishingly fast."
4. "The creeping desert."
5. "The movement of people (and its consequences)."
6. "The Great Migration."
7. "Stuck in Canada."
8. "What Workers Lose By Staying Put."

Postscript: A little over five-minutes of your, watch this story about "Japan's oldest community."
Jim Russell at 12:06 PM

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