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Grades 7-12, College, Adult Produced by Television Trust for the Environment US Release Date: 2002 Copyright Date: 2001 Subjects African Studies Agriculture Anthropology Asian Studies At-risk Youth Biotechnology Brazil Business Practices Central America & The Caribbean Child Labor Childbirth/Parenting China Citizenship Community Consumerism Death And Dying Developing World Economics Ethics Europe Food And Nutrition Geography Global Issues Globalization Health History Human Rights India Indigenous Peoples International Studies Latin American Studies Law Mexico Middle East Pacific Studies Pollution Population Recycling Rivers Science Technology and Society Sociology Solutions Urban and Regional Planning Vietnam Water Women's Studies |
A Series of 22 Programs Series City Life ![]() Any six programs for $595. See note in description below.
City Life is the second series of Life documenting the effects of globalization on individuals and communities around the world. This twenty-two part series of 27-minute programs examines globalization's effects on cities and their inhabitants. In the summer of 2001, world leaders met in New York City to discuss the progress made since the United Nations Conference on Human Settlements five years earlier in Istanbul. The agreement reached in Turkey set out the specific goals of providing adequate shelter for all and achieving sustainable development of communities. The consensus in New York was that there has been a huge gap between policy formulation and implementation. Globalization coupled with a lack of action by world leaders is causing an ever-widening gap in wealth, separating the rich from the impoverished. Poverty is increasing in cities dramatically. People from rural areas all over the world are moving to cities at an alarming rate because rural economies can no longer sustain them. The lure of opportunity and employment draw them to the cities, further exacerbating a global problem. According to Anna Tibaijuka, new Executive Director of Habitat (the UN Center for Human Settlements) globalization is making the 21st century the century of cities. "The challenge now," she says, "is how to make cities better for a majority of the people." Note: Any six programs from City Life are available for $595. Please type the six programs you have chosen in the "Special instructions/comments" field in the check-out section of the shopping cart. The titles in the series are: 1. City Life - Explores Sao Paolo in introduction to series examining the effects of globalization on people and cities. 2. The Long March - Community in Chengdu, China has organized to clean-up polluted river. 3. The Health Protestors - Health care advocates demand universal health care for the world's population at international convention in Dhaka. 4. Together Against Violence - Poor Jamaican community overcomes violence. 5. Paradise Domain - Pacific islanders are not benefiting from digital windfall or World Wide Web. 6. Pavements of Gold - Increase in urban poverty and population, caused by globalization, threatens Peruvians. 7. Doing the Right Thing - Porto Alegre, Brazil has benefited from urban revitalization. 8. My Mother Built This House - Large homeless contingent in South Africa has organized to build houses for each other. 9. Barcelona Blueprint - Barcelona today is a model of urban planning that may prove sustainable. 10. Gaza Under Siege - The Gaza Strip has been a virtual prison for Palestinians for over fifty years. 11. Waiting to Go - Palestinian refugees in Lebanon are denied human rights. 12. A Fistful of Rice - Protein deficiency threatens generations of children in Nepal. 13. Patently Obvious - International patent regulations only protect multinationals. 14. The Other Side - Poor Mexicans attempt perilous border crossing to US, often at the expense of family, traditional culture, and their lives. 15. The Miller's Tale: Bread Is Life - Efforts are underway in Egypt and Yemen to fortify flour with iron to wipe out needless malnutrition. 16. Brazil: Winning Against AIDS - Brazil has developed generic antiretroviral drugs to care for those afflicted with HIV/AIDS. 17. Missing Out - Anemia threatens the population of Niger and Tanzania. 18. Stop the Traffick - Investigates horror of child sex industry in Cambodia. 19. My Hanoi - Tour of rapidly urbanizing Hanoi, and the effect on citizens and culture. 20. Lines in the Dust - In revolutionary programs in Northern Ghana and India, gender roles are challenged, and illiterate adults educated. 21. Paying the Price - Pharmaceutical companies block generic drugs, threatening the lives of millions of Africans with AIDS. 22. Holy Smoke: Cambodians Fight Tobacco - Buddhist monks lead anti-tobacco campaign in Cambodia. |