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.

Wednesday, August 28, 2013

Poverty Traps and Paradoxes of Migration

HUD can do better, a lot better, at Pacific Standard magazine.

Theme: Poverty and geographic mobility.

Subject Article: "Migration Is Expensive, but Pays Off in Productivity."

Other Links: 1. "Ten Cities Chinese People Want to Escape (But Can’t)."
2. "Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing."
3. "Urban Islands of Poverty and Bowling With Strangers."

Postscript: "While the multinational companies are predominantly anchored in high-income countries, the multinational families are predominantly anchored in low-income ones."
Jim Russell at 5:40 PM

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