Cities of the Future

Series: Twenty-First Century Series

Duration: 25 0:25:35

Genre: Educational

Creator: CBS News.

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Discusses the efforts of city planners who attempt to improve the quality of urban living. Shows examples of innovative projects in Tokyo, Montreal and Reston, Virginia. Topics: Middle-Atlantic-States; Canada-; Japan-; Social-Culture-And-Social-Processes; Biology,-Ecology-Environment; Biology,-Ecology-Urbanization-Environment; Social-Problems; Urbanization-, Shows growth of cities today and the steps man is taking to improve them. Describes city population in the United States as seventy percent of the total population. Compares new cities of Brasilia, Brazil; Reston, Virginia; and Chandigahi, India, with old cities of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Boston, Massachusetts; and Stockholm, Sweden.

Complete Record: Discusses the efforts of city planners who attempt to improve the quality of urban living. Shows examples of innovative projects in Tokyo, Montreal and Reston, Virginia. Topics: Middle-Atlantic-States; Canada-; Japan-; Social-Culture-And-Social-Processes; Biology,-Ecology-Environment; Biology,-Ecology-Urbanization-Environment; Social-Problems; Urbanization-, Shows growth of cities today and the steps man is taking to improve them. Describes city population in the United States as seventy percent of the total population. Compares new cities of Brasilia, Brazil; Reston, Virginia; and Chandigahi, India, with old cities of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Boston, Massachusetts; and Stockholm, Sweden., Shows growth of cities today and the steps man is taking to improve them. Describes city population in the United States as seventy percent of the total population. Compares new cities of Brasilia, Brazil; Reston, Virginia; and Chadigahi, India, with old cities of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Boston, Massachussetts; and Stockholm, Sweden., NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.