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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; Damascu...
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.
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- BBC Worldwide Ltd
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- Videos, Slides, Films
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- English
- Publication
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- New York, N.Y. : Films Media Group, [2014], c2008
- Physical Details
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- 1 streaming video file (50 min.) : sd., col
- digital
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- OCLC
- ocn879608737
- Access requires authentication through Films on Demand.
- Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Films Media Group on March 15, 2014.
- Films on Demand is distributed by Films Media Group for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware.
- Mode of access: Internet.
- System requirements: FOD playback platform.
- Portions with English subtitles.
- Brasília, Brazil (2:37) -- Modernist Architecture in Brasília (3:21) -- Cathedral of Brasília (2:49) -- Residential Areas and Satellite Towns (5:19) -- History of Damascus, Syria (3:30) -- Ancient Architecture in Syria (2:01) -- Religious Architecture Syria (2:53) -- Oral Tradition in Damascus (2:41) -- New York City, U.S.A. (2:57) -- Rockefeller Center (4:13) -- New York City Landmark (2:51) -- Rockefeller Center Night Life (2:04) -- Organic Growth in Mumbai, India (2:20) -- Inside a Slum House (2:21) -- History and Culture of Dharavi (2:25) -- Community Investment in Dharavi (1:43) -- National Slum Dwellers Association (3:08) -- Credits: Connections: Dan Cruickshank's Adventures in Architecture (0:42)