Lewis Mumford on The City
Six-part series tracing the origins of the city, its transformations and prospects, based on Lewis Mumford's book The City in History. Aired by CBC in their Explorations strand.
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Seasons
1.The City: Heaven and Hell
22-05-196329mOutlines the opposed natures — creative and destructive — of the city throughout history, focusing on the elements that created the first cities about 5000 years ago and the forces...
2.The City: Cars or People?
29-05-196329mA study of an old but still-growing problem: how to ensure the city is accessible to all without allowing cars to make it congested and uninhabitable.
3.The City and Its Region
05-06-196328mExplores the tension and mutual dependence of urban and rural areas. How can sprawling metropolitan regions maintain or restore the balance?
4.The Heart of the City
12-06-196329mA study of the growing sterility, dullness and congestion that is destroying the vitality, variety and human scale that once made cities physically attractive and humanly creative.
5.The City as Man's Home
19-06-196328mContrasts the squalor of the working poor with the relative safety and security of the wealthy, asking what can be done to address "the spirit of social hopelessness" that thrives...
6.The City and the Future
26-06-196329mAn outline of the prospects for the city and some suggestions to restore its role as the focus of man's highest achievements.
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