Saturday, December 6, 2014

Urban Geography videos

Some good Urban Geography videos

What makes a good city?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2aKGWRQBf0


James Kunstler on TED Talks “How Bad Architecture Wrecked Cities”

http://www.ted.com/talks/james_howard_kunstler_dissects_suburbia.html
-Kunstler is one of the most famous critics of modern American suburbs and author of the Geography of Nowhere.

The fate of Old Beijing Ch. 1: A disappearing world
http://vimeo.com/19122141

Video 3: 60 Minutes – China’s Real Estate Bubble
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/chinas-real-estate-bubble-11-08-2013/

There goes the neighborhood: Gentrification in Anacostia DC – Al Jazeera – 20 min
-Many facets of a changing neighborhood in DC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgOiXSAG96w

Trends in Megacities: Dhaka, Bangladesh – PBS Newshour – 8 min
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFboV2m1yuw

Groningen, the Netherlands – The World’s Cycling City – Streetfilms
http://www.streetfilms.org/groningen-the-worlds-cycling-city/


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