ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses the influence of migration on the social and physical appearance of the urban environment. Societies of the twenty-first century are becoming increasingly diverse, as waves of migration flow around the world more easily than ever before. The chapter focusses on the house or, differently said, on the tangible aspects of the migrant home, addressing the need to further explore the migrant house and its role in migrants' settlement process. It describes the immigration nature of the countries and the urban characters of the cities. Australia and Israel are countries in which immigrants comprise a significant portion of the total population. The Melbourne metropolitan area, as all Australian cities, is mainly comprised of low-density residential housing. The Tel Aviv metropolitan area and its surroundings is a central Israeli city which attracts thousands of immigrants a year. It is mainly comprised of medium-density residential buildings of several storeys.
