A panoramic and thoroughly researched account—at once ambitious and accessible—of the urban migrations that are reshaping our world.

What will be remembered about our century, perhaps more than anything except global warming, is the final shift of human populations from agricultural life to cities, the effects of which are being felt around the world. Arrival City gives us an on-the-ground view of this phenomenon—from Maryland to Shenzhen, from the favelas of Rio to the shanty towns of Mumbai, from Los Angeles to Nairobi. Doug Saunders introduces us to the migrants themselves, and with the aid of their stories elucidates their essential part in the economic fabric. He makes clear that the cities and nations that provide citizenship and opportunity to migrants stand to benefit as the migrant class evolves into a middle class, and he explains why those that ignore these people will see increased social unrest, poverty, and religious fundamentalism.

Blending intimate personal portraits with brilliant social analysis, Arrival City will change the way we think about globalization.

道格·桑德斯 (Doug Saunders)

1995年加入加拿大《環球郵報》(<The Globe and Mail>)，現任《環球郵報》歐洲局負責人。桑德斯曾連續三年獲得代錶加拿大新聞界最高榮譽的國傢新聞奬，並被譽為加拿大最好的專欄作傢，其專欄內容為探究新聞背後的常識與全球趨勢。

在對《美國大城市的死與生》作者雅各布斯(Jane Jacobs)的一次采訪後，桑德斯萌生瞭撰寫一部記錄人口遷徙、尤其是農村到城市人口遷徙的著作的想法。從2007年開始，桑德斯開始瞭一場全球之旅，從歐洲齣發，到印度次大陸、中國和北美，深入接觸包括來自肯尼亞和裏約熱內盧的底層平民，足跡遍布五大洲數十個國傢和地區，最終完成本書。桑德斯現居英國倫敦。