Sustaining the City

all episodes interesting documentary
Tens of Millions are packing into the city. Is it an opportunity or a path to disaster? BBC journalist Andrew Marr (BAFTA winner) offers an educational look at five major megacities in different countries. He shows the good with the bad, he experiences the aspects of city life that the program identifies. He keeps a happy face on all sorts of encounters from slum living, garbage sorting, slow and high-speed travel, and even dining delicacies such as grasshoppers, but not in the London sewer he walks through. He makes learning fun. Marr helped me make up my mind about megacity living...I'm not even going to visit, but millions will live there.

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1.....LIVING IN THE CITY
What is the balance between efficiency and community in the largest cities? Shanghai bursts as Tokyo becomes isolated. Dhaka slums are not much different than other cities. Mexico City, king of crime, was found friendly by presenter Marr, but in the end he...





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