Arrival City: Rio De Janeiro

Canadian Doug Saunder Dept: Reacting to "myths" that metropolises are dirty, sick and crime ridden, Triumph of the City blasts away by arguing that "cities are actually the healthiest, greenest and richest in both cultural and economic terms places to live.", according to Vancouver Sun. In an age when half the world has moved to cities - with the demo-graphic shift even more exaggerated in Canada - Triumph of the City is part of a trend in city-boosting publishing. Its enthusiasm for urban life is matched by Canadian Doug Saunder's book, Arrival City: How the Largest Migration in History is Changing Our World. It explores the aspiring migrant communities on the edges of the world's giant conurbations, such as Rio de Janeiro, Mumbai and Los Angeles and triumph of the City. It's a punchy title, designed to get your attention. When you scan the book's subtitle - How our Greatest Invention Makes Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier and Happier - you realize Edward Glaeser is also itching to pick a fight. To put together his book, Glaeser, a Harvard University economist, travelled to some of the globe's most thriving cities, including London, Tokyo, Bangalore, Houston, Singapore, Boston and Vancouver, which he accurately dubs "The Consumer City." (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.