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Uses famous sites such as the ancient port of Ostia, the Baths of Caracalla and the Pantheon to examine how Imperial Rome was constructed, what materials were used, how it was defended, how it was supplied...
With Mexico City’s population at over 15 million and growing, the city seems almost out of control, with vast areas of squatter settlements standing in stark contrast to rich enclaves surrounded by armed...
Four Muscovites from different generations talk about how the collapse of communism in Russia has changed their lives. Stories range from that of a grandmother who shares a small flat with her son and his...
Despite stiff competition from elsewhere, New York has remained one of the world’s premier cities. Focusing on the economic connections that are concentrated on New York, the programme first shows how the...
Surveys the technological change in Paris under a succession of different regimes. Begins by looking at the dictatorship of Napoleon Bonaparte and his inspirations for, and achievements in, the French...
Notes that Sydney has transformed itself from an outpost of the British Empire to one of the most cosmopolitan cities in the world in just over 20 years. Using Sydney’s Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras as a...
Hampstead Garden Suburb in north London was founded in 1907 by Victorian philanthropist Dame Henrietta Bennett, who dreamed of rescuing people from squalid housing in London’s East End and installing them...
With over half the entire population living in towns and cities for the first time in history, the UN Conference on Human Settlements, Habitat II, was held in Istanbul in June 1996 to celebrate a new human...
Uses newsreel footage from British Pathé to illustrate the growth of cities and developments in communications and transport during the 20th century. Illustrations cover telehones, radio and television,...
Looks at poor urban children in Accra, Ghana. In the fast-growing cities of Africa such as Accra, more and more children are living on the strets. Poor and neglected, and living under unhealthy and even...
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