Move, page 34
Teleport, 224
Teller, Astro, 172
Thailand, 77, 208–209, 213, 229
This Could Be Home (Iyer), 71
Thor Industries, 92–93
Thunberg, Greta, 79, 141
TikTok, 57
tiny houses, 93
Toffler, Alvin, 256
tourism competition for, 254–255
Covid pandemic and, 233
medical tourism, 83, 229
in northern Europe, 141
in Russia, 151
Toynbee, Arnold, 265
Toyota, 247
Trudeau, Pierre, 110–111
Trump, Donald Antifa movements and, 78
on immigration, 35–37, 112, 195, 226
Indian-American population and, 203
nationalism and, 49
Tucker, Chris, 276
Turchin, Peter, 76
Turkey civilizational state concept, 53
European immigration/assimilation, 126–128, 132
former Soviet republics and migration patterns, 143
nationalism and conscription in, 57–58
Syrians in, 24
youth-government tension, 75
2219 (Pang), 253
Uighurs Muslims, China and, 60, 154
Ukraine, 151, 179–180
underground living, as climate change response, 180–181
United Arab Emirates (UAE) desalination by, 247
Dubai, 83–84, 226–227, 248–250
economic issues of Arab countries and, 177
energy and cooling, 249–250
Indians living in, 193–194
migrant population of, 157
political identity in, 82–84
United Kingdom (UK) Asian-Europeans in, 119
Brexit, 23, 37–38, 72, 80, 137–139, 236
citizen investors of, 236
immigration/assimilation, 125–126, 137–139
Indian population in, 203
intergenerational financial competition for resources in, 74–75
international students in, 41, 43, 43
melting pot cities in, 80–81
nationalism in, 49
Northism scenario and, 277
political identity of youth in, 71–72
as top immigrant destination, 52
youth-government tension, 77, 78
United Nations, 12, 29, 63, 185
United States (US) Afghanistan and Iraq Wars, 56, 175
birth rate (2020–2021), 34
climate change in, 97–104
“Do Something New” (White House Ad Council), 88
employment of youth in, 67
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), 98, 164
ethnic diversity in, 107–110
Exclusion Act of 1882, 107
expatriates living in EU, 118–119
Federal Reserve, 65
geopolitics involving migrants in, 202–204
Immigration Act of 1965, 10
immigration policy, 35–37, 112, 195, 226
international students in, 40–43, 43
interracial marriage in, 109–110
job growth in, 22
nationalism in, 49, 56
Northism scenario and, 159–160, 163–164, 277
NSSM-200: “Implications of Worldwide Population Growth for US Security and Overseas Interests,” 29
Operation Warp Speed, 59
regional migration patterns and, 12
retirees living abroad, 228–230
Small Business Administration, 22
taxes and, 105–106, 237–238
as top immigrant destination, 52
tourism in, 254
trade with China, 207
transportation and housing, 96
US Election Survey, 49
workforce and emigration, 47–48
United World College (UWC) movement, 68
Universal Declaration of Human Rights (United Nations), 12
Unnikrishnan, Deepak, 83
urban population. See also housing in Berlin, 129, 130, 132, 133
birth rate and, 31
diplomacy among cities, 239–242
“18-hour cities,” 105
megacities, defined, 7
melting pot cities, 80–85
Northism urban clusters as potential scenario, 168, 169–174 (See also Northism (northern hemisphere))
small cities in small countries as desirable, 225
urban youth on nationalism, 49
violence and resource stress in megacities, 24
Uzbekistan, 151, 154, 156
Venezuela, 186–187
Vietnam, 213, 216–217
Walt, Stephen, 269
Weiwei, Ai, 133
Wells, Spencer, 48
Weta Digital, 223
WeWork, 118, 257
White House Ad Council, 88
Wilson, E. O., 269
women and mobility. See also birth rate Asian emigration and women’s rights, 195
military recruitment of women, 58
women in mobile home communities, 93
women in workforce, 39–40, 44–45, 58, 215
workforce, 29–61 anti-immigration policies and, 37–40, 50–51, 129–130
Arab countries and unemployment issues, 175–180
Asian representation in worldwide healthcare systems, 198–199
automation and, 21–22
in communal cities, 256–259
emigration as threat to workforce, 45–48
employment opportunities and willingness to move, 87–90
EU employment/Covid response, 116–117
EU immigration/assimilation, 137
EU incentives for immigrants, 122–123
housing decisions and, 92, 104–107
Industrial Revolution and, 9–10, 30–31
international students and, 40–43, 43, 190–191, 206
military as employer, 56
mobility for (See housing)
nationalism and conscription, 55–59
nationalism vs. globalism, 48–55
peak humanity and, 29–35, 32, 33, 35
population decline in wealthy countries, 35–37
portable skills needed for, 65–67
religious identity and, 54–55, 60–61
remote work, 103–107, 221–228 (See also quantum people)
wage gap, rural vs. urban, 7
wages and cost of living (1990s–present), 65–67
women in, 39–40, 44–45, 58, 215
youth-government tension, 78
World-Check, 224n
World Future Council, 245
World Wildlife Fund, 268–269
Wright, John Kirtland, 279
Xi Jinping, 75
Yemen, 178
Zambia, 184
Zeeck, Malte, 221
“zero day” water shortages, 18
Zimbabwe, 184
ILLUSTRATION CREDITS
6 Brookings Institution, International Monetary Fund, Natural Earth
12 World Bank
13 International Organization for Migration, McKinsey & Co., OECD, United Nations, World Bank
15 April Zhu
19 World Resources Institute
20 NASA, National Academy of Sciences, Chi Xu, Marten Scheffer
26 No Credit
32 UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA)
33 Seth Wynes and Kimberly A. Nicholas, Environmental Research Letters, Vol. 12, No. 7
35 UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA)
43 Institute for International Education (IIE), EuroStat
64 Center for the Future of Democracy, Cambridge University
161 Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
164 New Scientist / Reed Business
168 April Zhu
196 Government census data
242 Social Progress Index
243 Sustainable Development Index, World Bank
278 Source: Jeff Blossom, National Geographic
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