近代世界的历史在一大部分程度上由于迁徙而被改变,尤其是农村到城市的人口迁徙改变了整个世界的历史进程,但是这一历史进程常常被人们忽略。就如《落脚城市》中所述,未来的后人对于21世纪最鲜明的记忆,大概就是人口最终阶段的大迁徙,彻底从乡间的农村生活移入城市,约占三分之一的全球人口将会受此影响,同时将就此终结人类历史上的一大核心发展:人口的持续增长。 The history of the modern world was largely relocated due to migration. In particular, the migration from rural to urban areas changed the historical process of the entire world, but this historical process was often overlooked. As stated in “Staying in the City,” the future generations’ most vivid memories of the 21st century are probably the great migrations in the final stages of the population, the complete removal of rural life from the countryside to cities, and about one-third of the global population Will be affected by this, and will thus end a major core development in human history: the continued growth of the population.