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The Urban Explosion
(Journey to Planet Earth series)
VHS
57 minutes
QH541.5 .S7 R51 1999 v.2
The Urban Explosion journeys to four mega-cities to investigate a major challenge of the 21st Century: how to shelter and sustain the world's exploding urban population without destroying the delicate balance of our environment.
- Mexico City Communities struggle with toxic smog and a dwindling supply of drinking water, while nearby farmers must cope with the city's untreated waste.
- Istanbul At the crossroads of Asia and Europe, this ancient city's infrastructure is strained by more than half a million new residents each year.
- Shanghai: In the midst of an economic boom, rapid urbanization has increased air and water pollution and caused a dramatic loss of farmland to industrial sprawl.
- New York City Though most of the city can boast clean air and water, for some, environmental inequality has resulted in serious health problems.
Produced by Marilyn Weiner. A production of Scrrenscope Inc. in association with South Carolina Educational Television
Sponsored by NASA, W.K. Kellogg Foundation, Honda, The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations, Continental,
The World Bank, USDA Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education and The Rockefeller Foundation.
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