Reshaping Cities
Description
According to some estimates, the equivalent of seven New York Cities are added to our planet's population every year-an apt term of measurement, since the growth is mostly in urban areas. Can an already crowded metropolis survive under the strain? This CNBC program explores the intelligent city's answer: we will not only survive, we will flourish. From transportation to public safety to self-aware buildings and smart grids, viewers discover the systems that can make cities of the future both successful and sustainable. Guest experts include Dr. Mitchell Joachim, co-founder of Planetary ONE and Terreform ONE; Michael Chertoff, former Secretary of U.S. Homeland Security; and Dr. Paul Romer, former senior fellow at Stanford University's Center for International Development and Institute for Economic Policy Research.
Runtime
47 min
Series
Subjects
- Nature (209)
- Social change (532)
- Microeconomics (187)
- Cyberspace (95)
- Political planning (192)
- Leadership (570)
- Technology (1161)
- Business planning (234)
- Information society (81)
- Social ecology (250)
- Social policy (88)
- Urbanization (175)
- Population policy (78)
- Human ecology (350)
- Public policy (Law) (168)
- Rural-urban migration (144)
Geography
Genre
Date of Publication
[2012], c2010
Database
Films on Demand
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