Our planet currently sustains some 21 megacities vast metropolises that are home to populations of at least ten million each. Andrew Marr explores five of them: Dhaka home to 13 million built on a fertile flood plain subject to flooding and disease; Tokyo with a population of 33 million built on three of the most unstable fault lines in the world; Mexico City sustaining 20 million built on a lake and drowning under a tidal wave of crime; London home to 13 million with a food footprint more than 125 x its size; and Shanghai with its 23 million people - including 7 000... billionaires. What draws people magnetically to the megacities? How much - or how little - planning construction and care does it keep to sustain them; and are they ultimately sustainable? From staying in a corridor fl at in Tokyo to sleeping in a slum shack in Dhaka; from the heights of a shanghai penthouse to the depths of a London sewer Andrew Marr explores the man made arteries and beating hearts of these - the megacities. [show more]
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Our planet currently sustains some 21 megacities vast metropolises that are home to populations of at least ten million each Andrew Marr explores five of them Dhaka home to 13 million built on a fertile flood plain subject to flooding and disease; Tokyo with a population of 33 million built on three of the most unstable fault lines in the world; Mexico City sustaining 20 million built on a lake and drowning under a tidal wave of crime; London home to 13 million with a food footprint more than 125 x its size; and Shanghai with its 23 million people - including 7000 billionaires What draws people magnetically to the megacities? How much - or how little - planning construction and care does it keep to sustain them; and are they ultimately sustainable? From staying in a corridor fl at in Tokyo to sleeping in a slum shack in Dhaka; from the heights of a shanghai penthouse to the depths of a London sewer Andrew Marr explores the man made arteries and beating hearts of these - the megacities
BBC documentary series in which presenter Andrew Marr explores five of the world's most populous cities. Journeying to Dhaka, London, Tokyo, Mexico City and Shanghai, Marr examines the amount of planning, construction and maintenance that goes into these 'megacities' and asks, are they ultimately sustainable?
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