Connections
Description
Why do some communities thrive while others fail? Dan looks for answers in this program, with stops in Brasilia, a Brazilian city built by communists but now the preserve of the super-rich; Damascus, Syria, believed to be the oldest continuously inhabited city in the world; Rockefeller Center in New York City, born out of the Great Depression and still going strong; and Mumbai's Dharavi section - the biggest slum in India, but a vibrant home to millions with its own active economy and now under threat of demolition. A BBC Production.
Runtime
50 min
Series
Subjects
- Cultural geography (235)
- Population (248)
- Architecture (259)
- Multiculturalism (95)
- Vernacular architecture (9)
- Social ecology (250)
- Ethnicity (289)
Genre
Date of Publication
[2014], c2008
Database
Films on Demand
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