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Arrival City: How the Largest Migration in History Is Reshaping Our World
We will discuss a book about how migrants come to cities around the world, what they experience as they move from rural villages to cities, and what they need in order to be successful. The places they settle are what the book calls “arrival cities,” some of which exist in the Atlanta area. Doug Saunders…
The New Localism: How Cities Can Thrive in the Age of Populism
“The New Localism” is a book about how local governments could solve difficult problems if they worked more collaboratively with others and used more creative approaches to financing improvements. Cities have greater resources than they realize, the authors say. Collaboration and new thinking about finance can unlock these resources. The “big ideas” for Urban Atlanta: