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Main Sources:
DC Flood Risks https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/interactive/2023/dc-low-lying-city-flood-risks/
Potomac Basin https://potomacdwspp.org/resources/about-the-potomac-basin/
Flood proofing Federal Triangle https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goFC7H8DN5o
CBS: Rising Waters in Tidal Basin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPLedIobHRw
New Flood Wall https://youtu.be/XMFcJ_ttSZI?si=1clHozSB2nlmKnV4&t=62
DC Water's Clean Rivers PDF https://www.dcwater.com/sites/default/files/project/2016-12/presentations/2024-04-10%20WABA%20%28WPP%29%20Briefing%20Presentation.pdf
DC Clean Rivers video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCOXuWgPnXw
Lady Bird Tunnel Boring Machine https://youtu.be/J5oEqtpB1go?si=1LgeBHozH_k9x1_u&t=69
Tour of Blue Plains Wastewater Treatment Plant https://youtu.be/Rm_iyxwAx94?si=NCL1T0C_B-RLsOCY
That nightmare scenario haunted the team excavating the 75 foot-deep site for the National Museum of African American History and Culture after they accidentally hit the aquifer under the National Mall. If too much water gushed into their giant pit, they could destabilize their neighbor, the great structure just a few hundred feet away, causing it to shift or even fall over.
So they acted quickly to pump water back in to stabilize it. When their instruments showed the ground pressure holding firm, they plugged up the leak and focused on modifying the museum’s design to mitigate this new risk.
To maximize its exhibit space, while limiting its above ground footprint, the museum’s first four levels are underground. To keep them dry, visitors safe, and the 91,000-ton monument next door standing tall, they encased the subterranean levels in two walls, with eight feet of porous stone fill in between, to catch and hold any water that might penetrate the foundation.
It was an ingenious solution, but for builders in the federal District of Columbia, dealing with a shallow water table is nothing new.
When President George Washington chose this idyllic spot to be the national capital, it was a land of farms and woods, rich with surface water. Small brooks trickled into streams, like Rock Creek. Marshes and tidal flats swelled and receded as the 14,700 square-mile Potomac basin drained through the District and mixed with the tidal flow of the Chesapeake Bay–the largest estuary in the United States. But as the city's boulevards and grand buildings were constructed over the past two-and-a-half centuries, 70% of these natural streams have disappeared: diverted into sewers, culverts, or filled in and paved over.
Tiber Creek flowed through what has become the National Mall. First, it was converted into a canal, and then piped into sewers buried beneath Federal Triangle. Today, this group of large neoclassical buildings - between Constitution and Pennsylvania Avenues - is home to numerous large government agencies. It’s also the lowest point in downtown.
In 2006 it rained heavily for an entire week, leaving the Triangle submerged, causing tens of millions of dollars in damage and disrupting government operations.
It wasn’t the first time this has happened here.
Experts fear the most extreme storm would put the American History Museum under 16 feet of water.
Engineers have taken steps to protect the buildings, like installing temporary barriers, retractable gates, and raising core utilities out of their basements.
There’s even now a temporary levee that’s trucked over and dropped in along the Mall for added protection ahead of big storms.
But throughout the rest of DC, an estimated 16,000 homes and businesses have had little protection from flooding when it rains.
Some residents have water gush in from the street, others confront it bubbling up from their toilets when old sewers overflow and long-buried “zombie” streams gurgle back to life.
On the southernmost edge of the district, along the Potomac, another major flooding threat looms. Over the past century, the waterline has effectively risen four feet, a combination of sea level rise and the land sinking under the weight of development.
I’ve definitely noticed the water getting a little higher every year. The area where the water is is actually a portion of the seawall that has settled over the years.
During high tide, when the ocean pushes the Chesapeake Bay further up the Potomac, 250 million gallons of river water enter the Tidal Basin. But it was constructed in 1897, it can no longer contain the river at high tide, causing the walking paths around the monuments and iconic cherry trees to flood twice a day like clockwork.
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,1,The story of how Dublin and Ireland has transformed from one of Europe's poorest countries to one of its wealthiest--an improbable rise in just 30 years.
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Main Sources:
Ireland GDP Growth https://rb.gy/kzop2h
Dublin stories w/ Prof David Dickson https://t.ly/_WBWK
Partition https://rb.gy/95oufv
Dublin wikipedia https://t.ly/p93Hr
Why Dublin became a tech hub https://bit.ly/4cnBpOl
Ireland wiki https://t.ly/ap4_4
The Troubles https://t.ly/rvdfA
What's weird about Ireland's GDP https://linkye.net/pk8m
Ireland Corp Tax rates https://rb.gy/hfz7jv
Healthcare system overhaul https://rb.gy/dh6zia
Budget surplus https://rb.gy/dorxl5
Ireland's wind export potential https://rebrand.ly/7qfbjge
European wind generation by country https://rebrand.ly/5pubvqq
Demographics of Ireland (Population and Immigration) https://rebrand.ly/pvxnt7z
Americans with Irish descent https://t.ly/VLNXe
Welcome to Dublin 0:00
Geography of Dublin 0:36
Vikings settle Ireland 0:53
English take control 1:04
Irish Rebellion 1:30
Partition of Ireland 2:19
Troubles 2:36
Good Friday Agreement 3:10
Economic Boom 3:27
Brexit bonus 4:12
Tax Haven 4:22
US Corporations 5:01
High living standards 5:22
Wind energy potential 6:10
Guinness 6:54
Loses 1/2 population 7:05
31.5 Million Irish Americans 7:22
Immigrants in Ireland 7:37
Script:
The capital of the only native English-speaking country in the European Union is considered one of the most liveable and richest places in the world, but this success is a very recent phenomenon. For a millennium this rocky island was occupied by Vikings, then the English. Independence only came a century ago, and peace less than 25 years ago after the end of a decades-long low-level war with its neighbor to the north.
This is Dublin, Ireland.
On a bay where the River Liffey flows into the sea lies Ireland’s prime city, with a metropolitan population of 1.26 million, four times as large as Cork, the country’s second-largest metro area, 215 kilometers to the southwest.
In 841 seafaring Vikings established a fortified base that grew into a substantial port and commercial center. In 1169 the Anglo-Normans invaded Ireland and for the next 750 years English Kings and Queens controlled the island. Dublin Castle, first founded in 1204, was the nerve center of the crown’s power here.
Under the Protestant English the Catholic Irish were oppressed. Their land rights and ability to self-govern were stripped away. Influenced by the American and French Revolutions, Ireland’s push for independence began in earnest in the spring of 1798 when rebel leader Wolfe Tone led peasants against the highly trained redcoats in a prolonged campaign of battles throughout the island. Although it was ultimately snuffed out, for the next 125 years it inspired a series of agitations and uprisings against the British that extracted more and more rights for the Irish. A group of Irish rebels declared Independence in 1916, withstood six years of violent struggle with the empire by riding a growing wave of nationalist support, and ultimately won the right to self-government.
But the island’s 6 northernmost counties with a Protestant majority chose to remain in the United Kingdom as a separate country called Northern Ireland. This was unacceptable to the Catholic majority in the South who wanted the entire island to be a unified free Republic. So a force calling themselves the Irish Republican Army launched a guerilla campaign of armed resistance against the British and the North focused on its capital, Belfast. This period, known as The Troubles, lasted for three decades, with violence spilling south into parts of the Republic and even across the sea in England.
Finally, everyone had had enough, and peace was achieved with the Good Friday agreement.
Between 1995 and 2000 growth averaged an astounding 9.4%, and stayed strong at 5.9% per year until 2008. This dramatic rise meant Irish incomes surged past every other European Country except tiny Luxembourg
But the biggest key to Dublin’s turnaround may be its ridiculously low headline corporate tax rate that stood - as of 2023 - at 12.5%, compared to 29.9% in Germany, 25.8% in France and the Netherlands, and 25% in Spain and Turkey.
But for lawmakers in Dublin, transforming into one of the world's largest tax havens was a brilliant move at the end of The Troubles, with U.S.–controlled multinationals now making up twenty-five of the top 50 businesses in Ireland, including the EU headquarters of giants Pfizer, Microsoft, Google, and Apple.
For example, every Irish has access to low-cost public healthcare, and leaders from every major political party are united in undertaking an ambitious transition to a universal system - Sláintecare.
wind power, which now makes up 36% of Ireland’s electricity generation, the second-highest ratio in Europe. A new electricity interconnector with France is coming online in 2026
,1,Chicago has always been on the cutting edge of industries. Today, it is the epicenter of quantum technology research, the country’s leading nuclear energy producer, the logistics hub of the United States, the capital of Black America, and the forefront of the battle against rising coastlines and urban flooding.
Watch Part 1 Now https://youtu.be/pNdX0Dm-J8Y
Part 2 https://youtu.be/V9LQ2oWZlZI
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Main sources:
University of Chicago’s Atomic Ambitions https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCvLuKqv9-s&pp=ygUPY2hpY2FnbyBxdWFudHVt
Nuclear Industry of Illinois
https://apnews.com/article/illinois-nuclear-moratorium-modular-reactors-solar-wind-225d14cefb03793e08f0802745df4e02
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_power_stations_in_Illinois
Demographics of Chicago https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Chicago
Timuel Black Interview on The Great Migration https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xqn5OmF23HY&pp=ygUUY2hpY2FnbyB0aW11ZWwgYmxhY2s%3D
Create Rail Improvement Projects https://www.createprogram.org/projects/
Renovating Union Station https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PS2veYdpjEk
Chicago is America’s Rail Hub https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYfxo2otxCw&t=6s&pp=ygUld2FsbCBzdHJlZXQgam91cm5hbCBjaGljYWdvcyByYWlsIGh1Yg%3D%3D
Chicago by L https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wXB8htl3Zo&t=381s&pp=ygUMY2hpY2FnbyBieSBs
City at War: Chicago’s Steel Industry https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMvSoMkT1iQ&t=1416s&pp=ygUTY2l0eSBhdCB3YXIgY2hpY2Fnbw%3D%3D
NYT: A Battle Between a Great Lake and a Great City https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/07/07/climate/chicago-river-lake-michigan.html
Metro Water Reclamation Department Virtual Tour https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__yXMrBYek4&pp=ygURbXdyZCB2aXJ0dWFsIHRvdXI%3D
NBC: How Chicago drains its river during flooding https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVSvoIQjin4&pp=ygUXbmJjIHJpdmVyIGxha2UgbWljaGlnYW4%3D
Air temperature increase https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/monthly-report/national/202313
Hydrologist Drew Gronewold on Lake Michigan’s High Water Level https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBCA209dWOk&t=1s&pp=ygUOZHJldyBncm9uZXdvbGQ%3D
True to its innovative spirit, the Chicago area is home to several cutting-edge industries, like the emerging field of quantum technology.
Fermilab is America’s premier particle physics research facility, Argonne National Laboratory, connected by a fiber-optic cable to the University of Chicago. Scientists there are trying to apply atomic principles to improve communications and computing.
Four of the ten quantum labs in the United States are located in Illinois, which receives roughly four of every 10 dollars the federal government invests.
Illinois also produces far more nuclear power than anywhere else in America. 75% of Chicago’s electricity needs are now met by the state’s 11 reactors.
Chicago was where the dawn of the Nuclear Age happened, as America’s Manhattan Project raced the Germans during World War 2.
It did just that on December 2, 1942, when Enrico Fermi’s team achieved the first self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction in a facility hidden underground on campus.
Waves of European immigrants during the 1800s made the city’s population 98.1% white in 1900. But over the next 60 years, in a period known as The Great Migration, six million African Americans left the South to settle in Chicago and other cities in the North.
By the 1990s, Chicago's South Side and its adjoining suburbs had become the largest African American majority region in the country, fostering all sorts of talent, from academics, activists, and rappers, to global icons like Michael Jordan (arguably the most successful American pro athlete), Oprah Winfrey (the richest African American of the 20th century), and the Obamas.
Create projects. 70 rail improvement projects are in various stages of completion, with more than two dozen already finished. Renovating Union Station.
With 8 lines, the amount of metal required to build the L turbo-charged Chicago’s steelmaking industry. During World War 2, it nimbly shifted to producing bombs, jeeps, tanks, and planes, and was a vital contributor to the Allied cause, producing more tons of the super-strong metal than the entire United Kingdom every year from 1939 to 1945, and all of Nazi Germany from 1943 to 1945.
The city has transformed itself into the Transportation, Distribution, and Logistics leader of the world’s largest consumer economy. Vast warehouses are clustered all along the canal and river, around its many large railyards, and to the west of O’Hare–the world’s second-busiest airport in terms of aircraft movements per day.
Since the 1970’s it has been adding massive tunnels, cavernous holding chambers, and gigantic lagoons like this one–a repurposed old mine. When this latest round of extreme engineering capacity to store 20 billion gallons
Lower Wacker Drive to flood and key buildings like Willis Tower to lose power.
Part 3 1 2 4
,1,Part 2 of Building Modern Chicago: The Great Fire to the World's Fair.
Part 1: https://youtu.be/pNdX0Dm-J8Y
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Special thanks to Paul Durica and the Chicago History Museum
https://www.chicagohistory.org/
Source for archival images: https://artic.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/mqc
WTTW PBS Chicago: https://www.youtube.com/@UC0H7JADShpxWDjGQ4WhXPtQ
The Current War: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHbyksLnFwA&pp=ygUbdGhlIGN1cnJlbnQgd2FyIGZhaXIgc2NlbmUg
,1,Chicago is the crown jewel of the post-industrial United States with a metropolitan population of 9.5 million. Its economy is considered the most balanced and resilient on earth. America's railroad hub also has the world's most orderly grid. This is the making of modern Chicago, the crossroads of America.
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Thanks to Paul Durica and the Chicago History Museum https://www.chicagohistory.org/
Main clip sources: WTTW Chicago's local PBS station https://www.youtube.com/@wttw
This futuristic urban river canyon reflects a staggering amount of resources, capital, and innovation. It’s also America’s railroad hub and the central node in America’s extensive system of navigable freshwater ways. Its roads lead to most corners of the continent, and its runways send direct flights to over 200 destinations–all of this supports one of the planet’s most productive regions for growing crops and extracting raw materials. The opportunities available in and around this prairie boomtown have attracted hungry young workers for nearly two centuries. In fact, so many arrived daily that it sustained the highest population growth rate on earth for several consecutive decades in the late 1800s.
Its story began when a Haitian-born fur trader [Jean Baptiste DeSalle] and his wife [Kitihawa], a member of the local indigenous Potawatomi tribe, established an outpost here in 1779.
It remained a sleepy frontier village for decades until Chicago’s first locomotive, the Pioneer, made its inaugural trip out to nearby Des Plaines in 1848.
I learned about this pivotal moment firsthand when I visited the Chicago History Museum for a trip back in time with Paul Durica.
These products were listed in mail order catalogs, an industry invented and based in Chicago. The conveniences of online shopping can be traced directly back to Montgomery Ward and Sears–businesses that were only possible because the railroad reliably delivered.
By the beginning of the 20th century. Chicago had close to 40 different railroad lines running through it. Most cities today will have like maybe one Union Station or a central terminal–but by the early 1900s, Chicago had six different ones.
Chicago was also responsible for the rapid growth of the vast prairies that stretched westward to the Rocky Mountains. A Chicagoan had invented the mechanical reaper, freeing wheat farmers from the backbreaking, inefficient work of harvesting their crops by hand. And when they shipped their wheat into the city, 12 massive grain elevators stored it before it was sent across the lake to Buffalo, or downriver and onto oceanliners waiting in New Orleans.
But even with this bounty, prairie farmers couldn’t build much of anything, because their lands had few trees to harvest. Good thing there were expansive forests in Wisconsin and Michigan north of Chicago, and soon it became the world’s largest lumber market.
“The Union Stockyard in many ways is the kind of natural culmination of how the city's been growing and developing because it's all about centralization and expanding markets.
Hundreds of millions of calories were passing through the processing plants and storage facilities of Chicago every single day, feeding the ravenous Union Army in its hardfought victory in the Civil War.
“Chicago is situated magnificently for trade, but it’s a pestilential swamp–it’s a horrible place for a city. It’s an absolute hellhole… Children were playing with maggots as if they were little pets.”
Before long, Cholera had crept up the Mississippi to kill 60 Chicagoans a day during the warm summer months.
To find a solution, Chicago brought in Ellis Chesbrough, one of America’s brightest sanitation engineers. He designed gravity-fed sewers to flush the waste into the river, and then deepened the river by dredging it and using the fill to raise Chicago’s ground level 10 feet. Lifting all the existing buildings safely required widespread adoption of a new system: George Pullman’s jack.
“So, how could you reverse the flow? Well, you must realize that the land form drops off. You get down to the city of Joliet and you’re 40 feet below Lake Michigan. The idea was to link up the south branch of the Chicago River with the Des Plaines river and to break through that subcontinental divide.
When they had finally finished the Chicago Shipping and Sanitation Canal, and were ready to let the water in, they still weren’t positive it would even work. After a few tense moments, amazingly, the water began to flow slowly downhill.
0:00 Welcome to Chicago
1:20 A Sleepy Frontier Town
2:04 Railroads Help Industry Takes Off
3:10 Prarie Boomtown
5:00 Union Stockyards
6:24 The Battle Against Cholera
7:10 Chicago's Innovative Water System
9:02 Reversing the River
11:12 Outro: Part 1 of 4
,1,Matthew Fox's shop only sells used bikes--providing excellent, affordable service while helping to reduce consumer waste. He also tours entire countries when his bicycle mechanic business is slow.
Recycles Bikes Frederick, MD
https://recyclesbicycleshop.com/
YouTube/wizard onthetrail (Nick and Matt's Iceland adventure documentary)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_4izGMs37s
Watch Matt perform a tune-up and talk business https://youtu.be/wuuLqWm-AV8
My name is Matthew Fox, and I own and operate ReCycles Bikes in downtown Frederick .
This just kind of makes sense, there's used car dealerships all over the place but not so much for bikes. I get a lot of people that walk in and they're usually I want to say 50 percent of people are brand new to cycling and they're looking to dip their feet into it. That's kind of the whole idea of my business model is a lot of people would get sticker shock going into a new bike shop. The entry level bikes are starting to look more like $700 $800 $1,000 dollars.
In the spring of 2013 I ended up picking up a bike at a yard sale and I think for $125 dollars I cleaned it up, took a couple pictures of it, put it on Craigslist for $250 the whole time thinking to myself I just wasted $125 dollars. Like, this isn't gonna work. Sold it that same evening that I listed it. $125 dollars is a big deal to a sophomore in college who typically has to work 13 or 14 hours to make that much. There was still not that trigger of like this is a business idea. It wasn't until I turned over a few dozen bikes that I realized, if I really upped my mechanical skills then there's this whole way way way more inventory out there that could be picked up for way less because it's not currently in rideable condition. I actually took a step back from selling on Craigslist and Facebook Marketplace to double down on my hours in the shop, taking advantage of the fact that they have thousands of bikes coming through a year. And then I think it was late 2016 I ended up making a name and a website, ordered some business cards on Vistaprint, and started treating it more as like an organized thing.
The next year in 2018 I did Japan and South Korea,
And then that week out I'm like 'nobody in Japan speaks English' according to this Google Search that I'm doing right now seven days before. 'What's gonna happen if I get sick or I need help?'
Google Maps behaves differently in different countries. So I did New Zealand next. The thing that was strange about this was I did it in January 2020. So halfway through this trip I start hearing rumors about COVID, and didn't think anything of it. And I was searching and I found that there were 8,000 cases of COVID worldwide, and I sent it to my dad and I said, 'please stop worrying about this, I'm going to be fine, it's no big deal.' I don't know if he remembers that, but maybe he'll see that on this video and say, 'it was kind of a big deal.' I flew back early February 2020 and I guess things really kind of hit a boiling point about 30 days after that. There was a period of time where I was very seriously considering doing a global 18-month trip. In fact, when I signed my first lease, the timing on that was such that that's what I was going to do on the tail end, which I've not told too many people that. But I definitely decided against it. I think if I was gone for 18 months that would actually take more from me than it would give me because I would just- there'd be too many things I'd miss back home. Did you have a path? Yes. OK. I had a path, and I had a month-by-month, and I had to do a ton of research on like, 'OK, where- what's going to make sense?' You kind of have to suffer at some point because it's like there's some things you just can't do. Like Australia in Peak summer--you can't bike across Australia in
peak summer. Well, I mean somebody probably has, but I wasn't planning on doing it. I was gonna go East because of the prevailing winds globally tend to be more of a tailwind. And I was going to start by going across Europe, Turkey, the Caspian Sea, the 'Stans, and then kind of horizontally across China, and then down through southeast Asia, ending in Singapore. I was gonna fly from Singapore to Perth, across the southern edge of Australia, and then I was undecided on if I would repeat Japan or New Zealand or just fly from Sydney to Los Angeles and then finish the trip from there. But it was going to take probably about 15 months, and that's if nothing went wrong.
I think I mostly got the idea from watching too many YouTube videos. There's a guy named Ed Pratt that did about that route--and he did it on a unicycle if you can believe that. Bryce: I cannot. Matt: But yeah, I could literally talk about trips like all day.
Mumbai, India, Delhi, Manila, Jakarta, Tokyo, Megacities, Megacity, TDC, Organic Farmer Farming,
Barack Obama gets baby to stop crying, Hasan Minaj Correspondents' Dinner, Kinshasa, Los Angeles, Chicago, Pittsburgh, Washington DC
,1,Mumbai, India’s Transforming MEGACITY
Five transportation megaprojects are under construction throughout Mumbai, a city of 25 million. This short documentary explores each piece of infrastructure and the larger goal of transforming Mumbai, India’s entertainment and financial capital, into a powerful megaregion by the middle of the century.
The megaprojects: Mumbai Metro, Coastal Road, Sewri-Worli Elevated Corridor flyover, Trans Harbour Link, and Navi Mumbai International Airport.
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Video Journalist/Cinematographer - Jayant Parashar
https://www.instagram.com/thegardenlizard
Journalist Jane Borges
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jane-borges-6aab1814/
Kurush Dalal
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kurush-dalal-a7a50040/
Key research links:
https://mumbai.citizenmatters.in/
https://www.mumbaimetrotimes.com/mumbai-metro-map-route/
Why Mumbai has slums https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPZp_ICmfhE
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mumbai
https://www.britannica.com/place/Mumbai
RE-ENVISIONING CITIES - Urban Design in Practise P K Das Lecture https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvtmxPg0iig
Megacity from slums to skyscrapers - DW
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UbKpTwGuSs&pp=ygUSbXVtYmFpIG1lZ2FjaXR5IGR3
Metropolis by Ben Wilson https://www.amazon.com/Metropolis-History-Humankinds-Greatest-Invention/dp/0385543468
Mumbai Map Explained https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03pVXOmc_28
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mumbai_Trans_Harbour_Link
Mumbai Metropolitan Region https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mumbai_Metropolitan_Region
The Massive Coastal Road That's Dividing Mumbai https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qBNG8fY4AQ
Quoted video sources:
Metro and Coastal road construction https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNeTrm0v0dw&pp=ygUQc2Fuc2FhZCB0diBzdXRyYQ%3D%3D
Trans Harbour Link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_7nZIaI0tE
Video clip sources
Mumbai, BMC: https://www.youtube.com/@MyBMCMyMumbai
Mumbai local train crowd https://www.youtube.com/@suyogexplore
Trans Harbour Drone https://www.youtube.com/@Imdroneman
Mumbai walking tour https://www.youtube.com/@keeziwalks
Container port https://www.youtube.com/@apmterminals
Mazagon Dock submarine builders https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8yA6JyEkMQ
Mumbai walking streets https://www.youtube.com/@LADmob
Mumbai 1973 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkltgaGscfU&pp=ygUcZW5jaGFudGluZyBpbmRpYSBtdW1iYWkgMTk3Mw%3D%3D
How to build a subway in a crowded city https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPsgQIT4k58&pp=ygUsaG93IHRvIGJ1aWxkIGEgc3Vid2F5IGluIGNyb3dkZWQgY2l0eSBtdW1iYWk%3D
Making of Mumbai’s first underground metro
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zE_GvEwR3g&pp=ygUdbWFraW5nIG9mIG11bWJhaXMgZmlyc3QgbWV0cm8%3D
Metro New Lines https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QW3ZAWDktUI&pp=ygUVbXVtYmFpIG1ldHJvIG5ldyBsaW5l
Tunnel Boring Machine breakthrough https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWYfo5pQ1kI&pp=ygUOdGJtIGJrYyBtdW1iYWk%3D
Metro Line 3 walkthrough
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhAkDBzzzVw&pp=ygUobXVtYmFpIG1ldHJvIG1hcm9sIG5ha2EgdW5kZXJncm91bmQgMjAyMQ%3D%3D
Trial run first underground metro
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_8UQxGIt6w&pp=ygUobXVtYmFpIG1ldHJvIHVuZGVyZ3JvdW5kIHdhdGNoIHRyaWFsIHJ1bg%3D%3D
Metro line 3 drone shots
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJAlgZvyUTE&pp=ygUmZW52aXJvbm1lbnRhbCBwcm90ZWN0aW9uIG1lYXN1cmVzIG1tcmM%3D
Mumbai traffic and tuk tuk rickshaw drivers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DVYBRCpkMA&pp=ygUPdHVrIHR1ayBtdW1iYWkg
Drive in Bandra
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBtEBfPjYro&pp=ygUhYXR1cmRheSBhZnRlcm5vb24gZHJpdmUgaW4gYmFuZHJh
Oval Maidan aerial
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwxZbbeA7w4&pp=ygUYb3ZhbCBtYWlkYW4gc291dGggbXVtYmFp
Coastal road drone and animations
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6jDZOVIQrg
Coastal road https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVU50hsoYt0
Sanjay Ghandi National Park https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ek3BV_lz3hc
Tearing down Seattle’s Alaskan Viaduct
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUvF0nDwTo4
Seattle drive into tunnel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5q-srPmRfQ
Dharavi slum inside look https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMQ1W89mF90
Trans harbour link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_7nZIaI0tE
Navi Mumbai airport
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kupu6t-46S0
Planes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPl-VsOKaRg
Boat ride at Gorai creek
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKGiEnZ5ru8
This is Mumbai, the transforming megacity. Surrounded by the Arabian sea, Mumbai - which means “mother” in Marathi, the local language - is the heart of the state of Maharashtra.
Narendra Modi
0:00 Welcome to Mumbai
0:37 Origins of the Megacity
1:58 Port of Mumbai
2:25 Immigration overwhelms infrastructure
3:30 Mumbai Metro
6:30 City layout
7:08 Coastal road
9:30 Seri-Worli connector
10:17 Trans Harbour Link
10:53 Navi Mumbai International Airport
11:11 Mumbai Metropolitan Region
11:52 The tradeoffs to development: preserving Gorai
,1,Emma Jagoz's innovative Moon Valley Farm CSA is a leader in the sustainable food movement in Maryland.
https://www.moonvalleyfarm.net/
https://www.youtube.com/@moon_valley_farm
Good Work is a new TDC series.
The 26-minute extended episode:
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Metro Manila sits below sea level and is sinking. Up to half of its land can be submerged now during heavy rains. In fact, Manila is threatened by more types of natural disasters than any other city on earth [animate chart from UN study]--according to the UN it is the only metropolis with serious vulnerabilities to all six classifications.
Because of this, just like in Jakarta, the capital may be relocated to higher, less crowded ground. Unlike Jakarta’s Nusantara though, the main candidate site - New Clark City - is on the same island as Manila, rising about 100 kilometers to the north.
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Manila is the capital of the Philippines and the largest city in the 7,641-island country.
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Key sources and videos quoted:
What commuting in Manila is like [video] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtuA-_BiItQ
Urban Renewal Study https://www.researchgate.net/publication/331633998_Urban_Renewal_of_the_City_of_Manila_and_its_Impact_to_Environment_and_Physical_Design
Exploring Manila (BBC doc) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGZIHZtQlms
https://www.britannica.com/place/Manila
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metro_Manila
WW2 Footage of Manila https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6ok97Q98l4
A trip through Manila 1931 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bE7ng17Yy50
Parts Unknown, Manila https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZroEePqEAwQ
Chapters:
0:00 Welcome to Manila
0:40 Geography of the capital
0:57 Spanish Manila
1:23 Philippine independence movement
2:08 War with the United States
3:22 American design
4:00 Manila in WW2
4:42 Modern Manila's challenges
6:06 Transportation system
6:30 A six-hour roundtrip commute
7:00 Metro Manila Subway
7:22 Most vulnerable city to natural disasters
7:55 Government moving to New Clark City
8:15 Bonifacio Global City
Megacity Episodes:
Buenos Aires, Argentina: The World's Southernmost MEGACITY
https://youtu.be/fOQrkk0E-TA
London, England's MEGACITY: Capital of the British Empire https://youtu.be/ZM7TBKD3a5U
Jakarta, Indonesia's MEGACITY - World's Second Largest City https://youtu.be/h8-fwBMo6bc
Los Angeles, California's Megacity:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QropkR9iasY
AFRICA'S MEGACITY: Kinshasa, DRC (CONGO)
https://youtu.be/bgljcixHvAU
TOKYO: Earth's Model MEGACITY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SL9KRvzVmo
PARIS: Europe's MEGACITY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdObzSwVAw4
SAO PAULO: South America's MEGACITY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNEeY_gXFBc
DHAKA: Fastest Growing MEGACITY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKGITvyWMH0
CAIRO: Middle East https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tKphKvodLQ
DELHI: India's Capital https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUPTGDrXDy4
SHANGHAI: China's Largest MEGACITY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6XZekbQ0SE
MEXICO CITY: Largest MEGACITY in the Americas https://youtu.be/8dEKLuZXrUc
Obama Makes Baby Stop Crying https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqhzWlqN3uc
President Obama's Anger Translator at White House Correspondent's Dinner https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6NfRMv-4OY
Greatest Recorded Speeches in American History (1933-2008) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnVwvPpdFeY
Bill Nye Destroys Noah's Ark https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4OhXQTMOEc
President Obama Walks The Streets of Washington https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEEtBVPiI44
Trump Destroyed by Comedian Hasan Minhaj at 2017 White House Correspondents Dinner https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHLRj1LaPiQ
Seth Rogen Testifies Before Congress https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvdbHSGWAgs
President Obama's Anger Translator: Behind The Scenes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xThj8BJIjUg
Manila, the Philippines' MEGACITY: History of an Island Capital
Manila, the Philippines' MEGACITY: Capital of 7,641 Islands
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Manila is the capital of the Philippines and the largest city in the 7,641-island country.
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Key sources and videos quoted:
What commuting in Manila is like [video] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtuA-_BiItQ
Urban Renewal Study https://www.researchgate.net/publication/331633998_Urban_Renewal_of_the_City_of_Manila_and_its_Impact_to_Environment_and_Physical_Design
Exploring Manila (BBC doc) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGZIHZtQlms
https://www.britannica.com/place/Manila
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metro_Manila
WW2 Footage of Manila https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6ok97Q98l4
A trip through Manila 1931 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bE7ng17Yy50
Parts Unknown, Manila https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZroEePqEAwQ
Megacity Episodes:
Buenos Aires, Argentina: The World's Southernmost MEGACITY
https://youtu.be/fOQrkk0E-TA
London, England's MEGACITY: Capital of the British Empire https://youtu.be/ZM7TBKD3a5U
Jakarta, Indonesia's MEGACITY - World's Second Largest City https://youtu.be/h8-fwBMo6bc
Los Angeles, California's Megacity:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QropkR9iasY
AFRICA'S MEGACITY: Kinshasa, DRC (CONGO)
https://youtu.be/bgljcixHvAU
TOKYO: Earth's Model MEGACITY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SL9KRvzVmo
PARIS: Europe's MEGACITY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdObzSwVAw4
SAO PAULO: South America's MEGACITY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNEeY_gXFBc
DHAKA: Fastest Growing MEGACITY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKGITvyWMH0
CAIRO: Middle East https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tKphKvodLQ
DELHI: India's Capital https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUPTGDrXDy4
SHANGHAI: China's Largest MEGACITY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6XZekbQ0SE
MEXICO CITY: Largest MEGACITY in the Americas https://youtu.be/8dEKLuZXrUc
Obama Makes Baby Stop Crying https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqhzWlqN3uc
President Obama's Anger Translator at White House Correspondent's Dinner https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6NfRMv-4OY
Greatest Recorded Speeches in American History (1933-2008) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnVwvPpdFeY
Bill Nye Destroys Noah's Ark https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4OhXQTMOEc
President Obama Walks The Streets of Washington https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEEtBVPiI44
Trump Destroyed by Comedian Hasan Minhaj at 2017 White House Correspondents Dinner https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHLRj1LaPiQ
Seth Rogen Testifies Before Congress https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvdbHSGWAgs
President Obama's Anger Translator: Behind The Scenes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xThj8BJIjUg
Manila, the Philippines' MEGACITY: History of an Island Capital
Manila, the Philippines' MEGACITY: Capital of 7,641 Islands
,1,Chengdu is southwest China’s largest metropolis and greenest big city. With a population of nearly 21 million, it exemplifies Beijing’s quest to modernize the country’s vast interior and is the lynchpin of an emerging mega-region.
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,1,Buenos Aires was once a top-tier global city but has underperformed in the last century.
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Key sources and videos quoted:
Argentina, a country study https://bit.ly/3XXKoi1
Buenos Aires 1920s, 1930s street scenes https://bit.ly/3ZW86wO
Buenos Aires vacation guide: https://bit.ly/3Jbdx5d
Buenos Aires summary: https://bit.ly/3HrTldL
Greater Buenos Aires https://bit.ly/4010IA6
A Brief History https://bit.ly/3Hp9yk1
Centro Cultural Kirchner https://bit.ly/3ZXMS1s
Argentina seethes with revolution https://bit.ly/3wsab6a
Buenos Aires drone footage https://bit.ly/3H7Cf3P
Parts Unknown Buenos Aires https://bit.ly/3iXo0GK
Buenos Aires, Argentina: The World's Southernmost MEGACITY
Megacity Episodes:
London, England's MEGACITY: Capital of the British Empire https://youtu.be/ZM7TBKD3a5U
Jakarta, Indonesia's MEGACITY - World's Second Largest City https://youtu.be/h8-fwBMo6bc
Megacities of the World (Season 2 Complete)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wb6w1rDa2jc
Los Angeles, California's Megacity:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QropkR9iasY
AFRICA'S MEGACITY: Kinshasa, DRC (CONGO)
https://youtu.be/bgljcixHvAU
Megacities of the World (Season 1 - Complete) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ULzxD3w_c8
TOKYO: Earth's Model MEGACITY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SL9KRvzVmo
PARIS: Europe's MEGACITY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdObzSwVAw4
SAO PAULO: South America's MEGACITY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNEeY_gXFBc
DHAKA: Fastest Growing MEGACITY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKGITvyWMH0
CAIRO: Middle East https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tKphKvodLQ
DELHI: India's Capital https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUPTGDrXDy4
SHANGHAI: China's Largest MEGACITY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6XZekbQ0SE
MEXICO CITY: Largest MEGACITY in the Americas https://youtu.be/8dEKLuZXrUc
Obama Makes Baby Stop Crying https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqhzWlqN3uc
President Obama's Anger Translator at White House Correspondent's Dinner https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6NfRMv-4OY
Greatest Recorded Speeches in American History (1933-2008) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnVwvPpdFeY
Bill Nye Destroys Noah's Ark https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4OhXQTMOEc
President Obama Walks The Streets of Washington https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEEtBVPiI44
Trump Destroyed by Comedian Hasan Minhaj at 2017 White House Correspondents Dinner https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHLRj1LaPiQ
Seth Rogen Testifies Before Congress https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvdbHSGWAgs
President Obama's Anger Translator: Behind The Scenes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xThj8BJIjUg
Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
0:29 Geography of Buenos Aires
0:40 Founding of the megacity
1:20 Colony of Spain
1:48 Revolution for independence
2:17 Buenos Aires becomes a global city
2:54 Rapid population growth
3:18 A European-style capital
4:09 The Party Ends
5:13 Rise of Juan and Eva "Evita" Peron
6:08 Political and economic struggles continue
6:41 A lot to feel good about
7:03 Improved life in slums
7:20 University of Buenos Aires
7:32 Argentina's lithium mining boom
8:08 Argentina's religion: Futbol (soccer)
8:16 2022 World Cup Champions (Messi)
8:27 An intellectual capital
8:52 Spectacular National Cultural Center
9:15 Champions of individual rights
9:25 Autonomous city
9:56 Areas for improvement (parks and energy grid stability)
10:43 Brilliant sponsorship
Juan Peron Eva Duarte Evita Peron Porteno Porteño Porteña Universidad de Buenos Aires Lionel Messi Maradona Yerba Mate tea nightlife walk 4k plaza de mayo villas miseria beef meat Juan De Garay fair winds mendoza museo museum subte underground subway asuncion Juan Manuel de Rosas province unification ranchero conventillos Italy spain Portugal Portuguese france germany president Madrid Barcelona colectivos bus police partidos Pope Francis Bolivia Ecuador Medellin Chile Santiago Antarctica
,1,Tehran, Iran is the capital of the world’s only significant theocracy and the largest city in West Asia with a population of 15 million.
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Key sources and videos used:
Iran targets its children https://nyti.ms/3GV54ly
Students join protests https://bit.ly/3u9dePC
Frontline: Our Man in Tehran https://to.pbs.org/2L4U1FI
Who runs Iran https://bbc.in/3ASba1X
Tehran middle class on economy https://bit.ly/3VCqfN0
Renewable energy in Iran, A Review: https://bit.ly/3u63RzZ
The Shah by Abbas Milani https://bit.ly/3VxyEBn
Tehran (Wikipedia) https://bit.ly/3UkkRNv
Video: Persia before Khomeini (YouTube) https://bit.ly/3u4noB0
Iranian diaspora https://bit.ly/3gCuIAR
Video: History of Iran (YouTube) https://bit.ly/3VB59yE
Megacity Episodes:
London, England's MEGACITY: Capital of the British Empire https://youtu.be/ZM7TBKD3a5U
Jakarta, Indonesia's MEGACITY - World's Second Largest City https://youtu.be/h8-fwBMo6bc
Los Angeles, California's Megacity https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QropkR9iasY
AFRICA'S MEGACITY: Kinshasa, DRC (CONGO) https://youtu.be/bgljcixHvAU
Megacities of the World (Season 1 - Complete) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ULzxD3w_c8
TOKYO: Earth's Model MEGACITY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SL9KRvzVmo
DELHI: India's Capital https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUPTGDrXDy4
SHANGHAI: China's Largest MEGACITY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6XZekbQ0SE
Megacities of the World (Season 2 Complete) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wb6w1rDa2jc
Obama Makes Baby Stop Crying https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqhzWlqN3uc
President Obama's Anger Translator at White House Correspondent's Dinner https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6NfRMv-4OY
Greatest Recorded Speeches in American History (1933-2008) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnVwvPpdFeY
Trump Destroyed by Comedian Hasan Minhaj at 2017 White House Correspondents Dinner https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHLRj1LaPiQ
President Obama's Anger Translator: Behind The Scenes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xThj8BJIjUg
Chapters
0:00 Episode teaser
0:45 Geography of Iran
1:04 Tehran becomes the capital
1:31 Rise of Reza Khan
1:55 Reza Shah modernizes Iran
2:28 Shah makes enemies
2:59 Britain and the Soviets invade
3:21 CIA MI6 coup to oust Mossaddegh
3:51 Reign of Shah Pahlavi
4:01 Rise of Ayahtollah Ruhollah Khomeini
4:14 1979 Islamic Revolution
4:33 Iran's current government
5:00 Millions flee brutal government to America & Europe
5:27 Khomeini makes enemies with the US: the hostage crisis
5:45 Saddam Hussein's Iraq invades Iran
5:58 Mass immigration to Tehran
6:12 Iran's poor economy
6:34 Failed nuclear program
6:46 Huge renewable energy potential
7:04 Vulnerability to climate change: heat waves and drought
7:37 Tehran's megaprojects: metro, fast internet, sewer and water
8:02 Tabiat bridge
8:10 Youth of Tehran push for revolution
8:39 Government struggles to contain protests
8:53 Unprecedented actions by and against school children
9:05 Crossing the point of no return
9:15 What's next?
Located in west Asia, Iran has eight foreign borders and access to the ocean through the gulfs off its southern coast. Most of the country’s 87 million people live in the northwest, where it's cooler on the steppes of mountains home to the highest peak in Western Asia–Mount Damavand. In 1786, this land became the 32nd capital in the history of Persia, closer to areas in the north that had fallen under the influence of Russia and Britain.
Iran is highly vulnerable to the climate change temperature rise of 1.8 degrees C - that’s one-and-a-half times the mean global rise of 1.2 degrees. Prolonged drought that’s decimated its water supply and turned thousands of villages into ghost towns as surrounding farmland goes dry.
Several major projects have been completed in the capital. Tehran now has the largest metro system in the Middle East. Six cent ticket prices and a daily ridership of 3 million are improving its terrible traffic and air pollution. Internet speed and penetration has increased 10-fold; Tehran’s new, integrated sewer and water treatment system is 90% operational; and it’s internationally-celebrated Tabiat bridge.
The current Supreme Leader is an 83-year old in questionable health guiding a regime struggling to contain protests led by women demanding full rights that are inspiring millions to demand a functioning economy.
I profiled London last time and am exploring Buenos Aires, Argentina next.
USA vs. Iran Highlights | 2022 FIFA World Cup
,1,London, the capital of the United Kingdom, was the world’s largest city until 1925. It is now a mature, well-planned metropolis with a population of 13.7 million.
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Chapters:
0:00 Episode teaser
1:01 Roman Londinium
1:38 Westminster Abbey and Palace
2:07 City of London fly-in
2:23 Royal Exchange
2:47 Tower of London
3:10 Great London Fire of 1666
4:33 World-Class creative culture of the 1600s
4:53 Coffee Houses: hot bed's of innovation
5:19 The Royal Society
5:34 Lloyd's of London and the world's first great capitalist economy
6:10 Becoming a global superpower
6:32 Trafalgar
6:59 Largest City in the World
7:16 Cleaning up London with a modern sewer system
7:44 Building the Underground
8:18 Suburban sprawl into the countryside
8:55 Greenbelt
9:25 The Blitz and rebuilding London
10:04 A city of immigrants
11:05 Brexit
11:45 Heatwaves and climate change
12:05 Thames Barrier and sea level rise
12:35 Coming water shortages?
13:30 A bright future
Key sources and videos used:
Metropolis: A History of the City https://bit.ly/3EzVl2r
Busiest airspaces https://bit.ly/3O8IgjC
Great Fire of 1666 https://bit.ly/3V03OBm
Battle of Trafalgar https://bit.ly/3O5RnSh
History of London, England https://bit.ly/3hEkC2h
The first super-sewer https://bit.ly/3EA2L5G
Pioneering techniques of ground engineering https://bit.ly/3XhBMTZ
Greenbelt threats map https://londongreenbeltcouncil.org.uk/threats-map/
Largest foreign-born populations https://bit.ly/3X5Rl0U
Brexit https://bit.ly/3hLUNNK
2022 Heatwave and fires https://bit.ly/3EA3DY0
Thames barrier https://bit.ly/3EuFdhx
Running out of water by 2050 https://bit.ly/3THSWXA
Thames water reservoir https://bit.ly/3X5RSzW
Megacity Episodes:
Jakarta, Indonesia's MEGACITY - World's Second Largest City
Los Angeles, California's Megacity:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QropkR9iasY
AFRICA'S MEGACITY: Kinshasa, DRC (CONGO)
https://youtu.be/bgljcixHvAU
Megacities of the World (Season 1 - Complete) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ULzxD3w_c8
TOKYO: Earth's Model MEGACITY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SL9KRvzVmo
PARIS: Europe's MEGACITY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdObzSwVAw4
SAO PAULO: South America's MEGACITY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNEeY_gXFBc
DHAKA: Fastest Growing MEGACITY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKGITvyWMH0
CAIRO: Middle East https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tKphKvodLQ
DELHI: India's Capital https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUPTGDrXDy4
SHANGHAI: China's Largest MEGACITY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6XZekbQ0SE
MEXICO CITY: Largest MEGACITY in the Americas https://youtu.be/8dEKLuZXrUc
Megacities of the World (Season 2 Complete)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wb6w1rDa2jc
Obama Makes Baby Stop Crying https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqhzWlqN3uc
President Obama's Anger Translator at White House Correspondent's Dinner https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6NfRMv-4OY
Greatest Recorded Speeches in American History (1933-2008) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnVwvPpdFeY
Bill Nye Destroys Noah's Ark https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4OhXQTMOEc
President Obama Walks The Streets of Washington https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEEtBVPiI44
Trump Destroyed by Comedian Hasan Minhaj at 2017 White House Correspondents Dinner https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHLRj1LaPiQ
Seth Rogen Testifies Before Congress https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvdbHSGWAgs
President Obama's Anger Translator: Behind The Scenes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xThj8BJIjUg
UK Funeral Concert Arsenal Chelsea Tottenham Spurs Liverpool Manchester queen adele beatles elton john ed sheerhan world cup Houses of Parliament world-famous Buckingham Palace
In this London video, I show you why London, England is the empire capital. Let me know what you think in the comments below!
London, England's MEGACITY: The Empire Capital
London, UK is the capital of the United Kingdom and one of the world's major cities. Renowned for its arts and culture, lively nightlife, and world-renowned universities.
,1,Jakarta, the world's second-largest city and the capital of Indonesia, is sinking into the sea. This is the effort to save it.
Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
1:11 Welcome to Jakarta
2:55 'Urban planning gone horribly wrong'
3:09 History of Jakarta
3:56 Suharto comes to power
4:30 Land subsidence explained
4:56 Sinking 3x faster
5:29 Historic flooding
6:32 Raising their homes
7:15 The problems with channelization
8:34 Floodplain development
9:15 Kampungs resettlement
10:55 The rising sea
11:47 Great Garuda Sea Wall Megaproject
12:48 A New Capital: Nusantara
14:11 Questions surrounding Nusantara
15:19 A City worth saving
16:21 Piped water for all
16:58 Creating more greenspace
17:30 Building an aquatic metropolis
18:07 Floodproof homes
19:12 Tiny homes on stilts
19:44 How Kampung Tongkal was saved
Key sources and videos quoted:
Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown https://bit.ly/3Kmn4oj
Jakarta is Sinking! https://youtu.be/qOSwBIstZUs
Jakarta is the World's Fastest Sinking City https://youtu.be/dNE5aptbGyY
Asia's Sinking Cities: Jakarta https://youtu.be/M3M9KGPMkoo
Jakarta Kota Air (Part 1) https://youtu.be/UR_jL-x4W3M
Jakarta Unfair (Full Version) https://youtu.be/wCjbxuXv92U
Why Jakarta is sinking https://youtu.be/Z9cJQN6lw3w
Indonesia Pollution: Jakarta tries to clean world's filthiest river https://youtu.be/QpKr2qaxXto
Let It Flood: Ciliwung Delta by Bindi Purnama https://bit.ly/3PKERqB
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All other research links:
Indonesia's new capital https://youtu.be/HvQJiVTeDoc
34 million urban area population http://demographia.com/db-worldua.pdf
Demographics, economy of Indonesia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesia
Employment shift to services from agriculture https://bit.ly/3PQMTxZ
World's second-longest coastline https://bit.ly/2T66SfJ
Jakarta growth from space 1990-2019 https://go.nasa.gov/3An8994
Capitalism and the Dutch East India Company (Batavia) https://youtu.be/zPIhMJGWiM8
Indonesian Independence 1945 https://youtu.be/G2ZTwL9-KPY
Fewer than 1 million have access to piped water https://bit.ly/3ct5mmy
Sinking 3 times faster than a few years earlier https://bit.ly/3ALgLYs
Talking trash in Jakarta https://youtu.be/M5N0NMpKp3A
$40 on Great Garuda Sea Wall (Guardian) https://bit.ly/3TgSocj
Indonesia's giant capital city is sinking (Nat Geo) https://on.natgeo.com/3pIqF6K
Why Indonesia is moving its capital (Real Life Lore) https://youtu.be/t9p1bS1ThwY
Nusantara construction begins [video] https://youtu.be/eordUP_VGCo
Indonesia passes law to relocate capital to Borneo https://youtu.be/g3SSXBOlDgY
Indonesia picks winning design for its new capital https://youtu.be/7-B-jTss5WA
Why do countries move their capital cities? https://econ.st/3PP9kns
Softbank’s exit from Indonesia’s new capital project https://bit.ly/3wweBcE
Jokowi is considering extending his term https://econ.st/3wrQV95
TransJakarta https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TransJakarta
Megacity Episodes:
Megacities of the World (Season 2 Complete)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wb6w1rDa2jc
Los Angeles, California's Megacity:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QropkR9iasY
AFRICA'S MEGACITY: Kinshasa, DRC (CONGO)
https://youtu.be/bgljcixHvAU
Megacities of the World (Season 1 - Complete) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ULzxD3w_c8
TOKYO: Earth's Model MEGACITY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SL9KRvzVmo
PARIS: Europe's MEGACITY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdObzSwVAw4
SAO PAULO: South America's MEGACITY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNEeY_gXFBc
DHAKA: Fastest Growing MEGACITY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKGITvyWMH0
CAIRO: Middle East https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tKphKvodLQ
DELHI: India's Capital https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUPTGDrXDy4
SHANGHAI: China's Largest MEGACITY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6XZekbQ0SE
MEXICO CITY: Largest MEGACITY in the Americas https://youtu.be/8dEKLuZXrUc
Obama Makes Baby Stop Crying https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqhzWlqN3uc
President Obama's Anger Translator at White House Correspondent's Dinner https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6NfRMv-4OY
Greatest Recorded Speeches in American History (1933-2008) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnVwvPpdFeY
Bill Nye Destroys Noah's Ark https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4OhXQTMOEc
President Obama Walks The Streets of Washington https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEEtBVPiI44
Trump Destroyed by Comedian Hasan Minhaj at 2017 White House Correspondents Dinner https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHLRj1LaPiQ
Seth Rogen Testifies Before Congress https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvdbHSGWAgs
President Obama's Anger Translator: Behind The Scenes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xThj8BJIjUg
,1,Season 2 profiles the largest cities in India, California, China, and Africa: Delhi, Los Angeles, Shanghai, and Kinshasa.
Episodes covered in this video:
Delhi, India's Capital MEGACITY
https://youtu.be/OUPTGDrXDy4
Los Angeles, California's MEGACITY
https://youtu.be/QropkR9iasY
Shanghai, China's Largest MEGACITY
https://youtu.be/N6XZekbQ0SE
AFRICA'S MEGACITY: Kinshasa, DRC (CONGO)
https://youtu.be/bgljcixHvAU
MEGACITIES of the World (Season 1 - Complete)
https://youtu.be/0ULzxD3w_c8
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This is the most populous city, and the capital, of a country that will soon have more people than anywhere else on Earth. Home to more than 31 million residents, it’s a chaotic place with a complicated history. It has major problems in housing, inequality, and transportation. But if it can solve them, its residents will experience an enormous increase in prosperity. As India’s seat of power, what happens here impacts a billion people and reverberates around the world. This is Delhi: a fulcrum of the 21st century.
The only megacity in the western United States has an ideal climate and a history of development based - uniquely - on vehicle mobility. There is no place quite like it on Earth. A powerful trendsetter, this diverse, beautiful city is one of the most recognizable on the planet. Arguably the most influential and successful urban area of the 1900s, its population grew from 100,000 to more than 15 million in just over a century. But this amazing boom favored some much more than others and has required a re-engineering of the natural environment on a scale previously unseen in human history. This is Los Angeles, California’s megacity.
Shanghai, the most populous city in the People’s Republic of China, rises on the low-lying swamplands where the tributaries and lakes of the Yangtze River Delta meet the East China Sea, and the vast Pacific Ocean beyond.
Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, recently became the most populous in sub-Saharan Africa. It has some of the most bountiful and sought-after natural resources on the planet, many of which remain untapped by its enterprising and industrious workforce. Yet, despite being faced with some of the most challenging conditions in the history of civilization, it remains a land of enormous potential.
Chapters:
0:00 Welcome to Season 2
0:17 Delhi, India
17:55 Los Angeles, USA
40:00 Shanghai, China
53:04 Kinshasa, DR Congo
Megacity Episodes:
Megacities of the World (Season 1 - Complete) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ULzxD3w_c8
TOKYO: Earth's Model MEGACITY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SL9KRvzVmo
PARIS: Europe's MEGACITY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdObzSwVAw4
SAO PAULO: South America's MEGACITY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNEeY_gXFBc
DHAKA: Fastest Growing MEGACITY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKGITvyWMH0
CAIRO: Middle East MEGACITY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tKphKvodLQ
DELHI: India's Capital MEGACITY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUPTGDrXDy4
SHANGHAI: China's Largest MEGACITY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6XZekbQ0SE
MEXICO CITY: Largest MEGACITY in the Americas https://youtu.be/8dEKLuZXrUc
AFRICA'S MEGACITY: Kinshasa, DRC (CONGO)
https://youtu.be/bgljcixHvAU
Los Angeles, California's MEGACITY
https://youtu.be/QropkR9iasY
TDC Most Popular Videos
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President Obama's Anger Translator at White House Correspondent's Dinner https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6NfRMv-4OY
Greatest Recorded Speeches in American History (1933-2008) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnVwvPpdFeY
Bill Nye Destroys Noah's Ark https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4OhXQTMOEc
President Obama Walks The Streets of Washington https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEEtBVPiI44
Trump Destroyed by Comedian Hasan Minhaj at 2017 White House Correspondents Dinner https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHLRj1LaPiQ
Seth Rogen Testifies Before Congress https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvdbHSGWAgs
President Obama's Anger Translator: Behind The Scenes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xThj8BJIjUg
Inside the $1.2 TRILLION Plan to Modernize US Infrastructure
https://youtu.be/iH5k061ZnWE
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,1,Kinshasa is the largest city in Africa and the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Key sources and videos quoted:
Congo a river journey https://youtu.be/6t0k-hcffZw
Super rich in Central Africa https://youtu.be/KaPLylJk89w
Inside the murky business of cobalt mining in DR Congo https://youtu.be/ll7aUgeK3-o
Chinese company removed as cobalt mine operator https://nyti.ms/3vxSvWN
DR Congo worker abuse https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzZcbCn8l10
Deadliest journeys Congo: The Last Train in Katanga https://youtu.be/FVGQJM2MVNY
DRCs corruption score https://bit.ly/3PUPeZQ
90-page Corruption report: https://bit.ly/3vrLtmg
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All other research and footage sources:
History of the Congo river https://youtu.be/XMbeQT8Nzxo
King Baudouin declares Congo independent https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjCgC64odYw
Patrice Lumumba https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkTSCcW1MDo
How Chinese money is changing housing in Africa https://youtu.be/tqmLcGST4kw
What can $10 get in Congo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tsa-38HCY8E
Kinshasa is drawing in waste https://bit.ly/3vvjKkM
Seek change through rap music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUgFBP1u-yo
Conflict minerals in the DRC https://bit.ly/3zLJBHG
Wikipedia: Kinshasa https://bit.ly/3bjXLX0
History guild: The Congo war https://bit.ly/3bhHwde
China gifting DRC new parliament building https://bit.ly/3Q6WKRv
Bush meets Kabila https://bit.ly/3vrKHWo
China Cash Flowed to Former President’s Cronies https://bloom.bg/3bjYmrI
Kinshasa in 4k https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bn0hlX_nbRk
The extraordinary foods and people of DR Congo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ky6BGlPuDOk
Innoss’B Fr Diamond Platnumz https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebZ7Ng1okCg
Additional drone shots https://bit.ly/3zj4Saa
Chinese entrepreneurs in DR Congo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O77HMmFAtSQ
Congo’s highway No. 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APzcFV1BAss
Report slams Congo’s $6 billion China mining deal https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8POLcJiYGA
Nyiragongo Volcano https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVBEFHwzEWQ
Conflict and Coltan in Eastern Congo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5VZtJDYWNM
Kinshasa slow motion https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EB41Zl2lY0I
Chapters:
0:00 Welcome to Kinshasa
0:52 Geography and natural resources
1:56 The colonialists arrive
2:48 An independent (corrupt) DRC
3:48 Cobalt mining capital of the world
4:30 China's plunder
6:51 Kinshasa's poor infrastructure and services
7:39 Rich (few) vs Poor (many)
8:38 Bike merchant "traffickers"
9:52 A wild (slow) train ride
10:39 Looking ahead
Megacity Episodes:
Los Angeles, California's Megacity: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QropkR9iasY
Megacities of the World (Season 1 - Complete) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ULzxD3w_c8
TOKYO: Earth's Model MEGACITY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SL9KRvzVmo
PARIS: Europe's MEGACITY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdObzSwVAw4
SAO PAULO: South America's MEGACITY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNEeY_gXFBc
DHAKA: Fastest Growing MEGACITY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKGITvyWMH0
CAIRO: Middle East MEGACITY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tKphKvodLQ
DELHI: India's Capital MEGACITY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUPTGDrXDy4
SHANGHAI: China's Largest MEGACITY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6XZekbQ0SE
MEXICO CITY: Largest MEGACITY in the Americas https://youtu.be/8dEKLuZXrUc
TDC Most Popular Videos
Obama Makes Baby Stop Crying https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqhzWlqN3uc
President Obama's Anger Translator at White House Correspondent's Dinner https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6NfRMv-4OY
Greatest Recorded Speeches in American History (1933-2008) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnVwvPpdFeY
Bill Nye Destroys Noah's Ark https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4OhXQTMOEc
President Obama Walks The Streets of Washington https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEEtBVPiI44
Trump Destroyed by Comedian Hasan Minhaj at 2017 White House Correspondents Dinner https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHLRj1LaPiQ
Seth Rogen Testifies Before Congress https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvdbHSGWAgs
President Obama's Anger Translator: Behind The Scenes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xThj8BJIjUg
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,1,Los Angeles, California is the only megacity in the western US. This is the story of its transformation from a tiny settlement into a city of 15 million.
Key sources and videos quoted:
KCET's building the metropolis documentary: https://youtu.be/gUkwI6vQxHs
Metropolis by Ben Wilson: https://tinyurl.com/nrnepfbs
Reminiscences of Los Angeles by Belle Buford Thom Collins: https://tinyurl.com/mryx88ah
Better Housing News Flash (FHA): https://vimeo.com/673653514
Los Angeles: Displacement in utopia: https://youtu.be/m41QLXShUgs
State Water Project (w/JFK speech): https://youtu.be/67msE99MKug
Who ended the red car? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ba12H36qC1U
Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) [Kirsten Dirksen]: https://youtu.be/yh1lQPgehSs
Shadow of a Drought: https://youtu.be/Df281Y6hhfI
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All other research links:
The Mexican Era | California History: https://youtu.be/gKRzroZ30vo
The Mexican American War: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26raYPP4n7Q
The Gold Rush | California History: https://youtu.be/W1dmyx6LBKA
How Los Angeles gets its water: https://youtu.be/XdhEZZKPqWw
The port of Los Angeles: https://youtu.be/hYWwViivn9Q
Early oil and gas production in California: https://youtu.be/aMbL49KBYe0
History of Hollywood: https://youtu.be/ilFzX8ggXeo
From farm to freeway: https://youtu.be/9eAeQzWuPkU
Construction of LA Aqueduct: https://archive.org/details/csmha_000019
From redcars to freeways: https://youtu.be/9KoC2yfuazc
Evolution of Los Angeles: https://youtu.be/vR1J8IhpfLk
New Automobiles Auto Industry In WWII: https://youtu.be/yTWYBoGkgJM
Housing segregation and redlining in America: https://youtu.be/O5FBJyqfoLM
FHA fact sheet: https://www.hud.gov/program_offices/housing/fhahistory
The Story of Los Angeles International Airport LAX: https://youtu.be/B4NysCgVQ1Y
Flight to California: https://youtu.be/oopktYbHwLQ
Los Angeles, CA. 1940s in color: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLbk4v7l2Mo
1940s Los Angeles from the air: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsTwBBpCCcs
Reshaping LA | Lost LA: https://youtu.be/tSBQ5lqPTtg
Pioneers of Aviation Alan and Malcolm Lockheed: https://youtu.be/rU-0CZbtLmU
The real cost of freeways: https://youtu.be/HS6WrJZKbjs
State Water Project: An Aerial Tour 2021: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7A1jHyfqp8E
LA 3rd city in world in GDP: https://tinyurl.com/3wmp5pz8
ADU grant program: https://www.calhfa.ca.gov/adu/index.htm
Desalination plant: https://youtu.be/00jDa1D3DbY
San Andreas fault: https://youtu.be/kc4j59C_60E
Chapters:
0:00 Welcome to LA
1:06 Founding 'El Pueblo'
1:51 California becomes a US state
2:55 Growth into a city
4:09 LA Aqueduct
4:50 Absorbing other cities and towns
5:52 Hearing from an 1880's LA resident
6:10 Streetcars takeover
7:10 World's largest streetcar network
7:59 Automobiles takeover
8:10 FHA sparks a housing boom
9:46 Suburban sprawl
10:59 Cold War 'Defensive Dispersal'
12:00 Discriminatory housing practices
13:14 Freeways introduced
13:39 How freeways destroyed communities
14:06 State Water Project (feat. JFK)
15:30 A dominant city
16:26 LA's challenges
16:35 Boosting density around mass transit
17:07 High cost of living
17:42 Accessory Dwelling Units
18:12 Droughts and wildfires
18:34 The potential of water recovery
20:32 The coming 'Big One' earthquake
21:24 Goodnight and Goodluck
Megacity Episodes:
Megacities of the World (Season 2 Complete)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wb6w1rDa2jc
AFRICA'S MEGACITY: Kinshasa, DRC (CONGO)
https://youtu.be/bgljcixHvAU
Megacities of the World (Season 1 - Complete) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ULzxD3w_c8
TOKYO: Earth's Model MEGACITY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SL9KRvzVmo
PARIS: Europe's MEGACITY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdObzSwVAw4
SAO PAULO: South America's MEGACITY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNEeY_gXFBc
DHAKA: Fastest Growing MEGACITY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKGITvyWMH0
CAIRO: Middle East https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tKphKvodLQ
DELHI: India's Capital https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUPTGDrXDy4
SHANGHAI: China's Largest MEGACITY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6XZekbQ0SE
MEXICO CITY: Largest MEGACITY in the Americas https://youtu.be/8dEKLuZXrUc
Obama Makes Baby Stop Crying https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqhzWlqN3uc
President Obama's Anger Translator at White House Correspondent's Dinner https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6NfRMv-4OY
Greatest Recorded Speeches in American History (1933-2008) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnVwvPpdFeY
Bill Nye Destroys Noah's Ark https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4OhXQTMOEc
President Obama Walks The Streets of Washington https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEEtBVPiI44
Trump Destroyed by Comedian Hasan Minhaj at 2017 White House Correspondents Dinner https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHLRj1LaPiQ
Seth Rogen Testifies Before Congress https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvdbHSGWAgs
President Obama's Anger Translator: Behind The Scenes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xThj8BJIjUg
,1,Shanghai is China's largest city with 25 million people. With more tall buildings than any other city on earth, it is China's economic engine. But it also has challenges, like the oppressiveness of the communist party, the inequality created by the hukou system, and sea-level rise.
TDC membership for research links: https://tdc.video/programs/shanghai-megacity?offset=2
More MEGACITIES: https://bit.ly/2NozRJl
Script:
Of all the cities on earth, the pace of civilizational transformation is most evident here. With over 25,000 buildings standing 12 stories or more, it has more high rises than anywhere else and is the most important economic engine in China. But there are real challenges on the horizon for this city of 25 million: some that took a pandemic to fully emerge, and others that grow more frightening with each passing year.
This is Shanghai, a bellwether of the 21st century.
The most populous city in the People’s Republic of China rises on the low-lying swamplands where the tributaries and lakes of the Yangtze River Delta meet the East China Sea, and the vast Pacific Ocean beyond.
Founded in the tenth century, its easy access to the extensive Asian interior made it an ideal location for those seeking to trade regionally and - eventually - with the empires of the West. In the 1800s, after a prolonged struggle with imperialists who used subterfuge and sabotage - like hooking millions, China was forced to allow foreigners greater access to its markets–and control over much of Shanghai. The city became a foothold for the British, French, Americans, and Japanese, who took possession of designated areas in the city, called “concessions,” where they established businesses that extracted great resources and wealth. Many Chinese call this the “century of humiliation.” Shanghai was essentially split into a “Chinese” half and a more modern European-styled “Western” half home to around 35,000 foreigners. Despite this dysfunction, the combined area thrived and by the mid-1930s it was one of the largest cities in the world with three million inhabitants.
Shanghai is where the second world truly began, as Japan unleashed Blitzkrieg. The combination of siege warfare and aerial bombardment, followed by attacks and house-to-house fighting, produced the horrific scenes now associated with Europe, but was first reported in China’s megacity.
Despite this nightmare, a glimmer of humanity still flickered in Shanghai, as evidenced by its unconditional welcoming of any Jews fleeing.
The war’s aftermath brought the Communists to power. This forced many foreign businesses to move south to independent Hong Kong. Despite this drain on capital and talent, the economic heart of the People’s Republic of China remained in Shanghai, and for the next four decades, this vital port city provided 70% of all the tax revenue that was collected and spent nationwide by China’s central party, whose bureaucrats were ensconced in Beijing–1,100 km away.
This was an untenable burden on the Shanghainese, and in 1991 two of their local leaders seized a rare opportunity to change things. After the crackdown on student protesters in Tiananmen Square in 1989, China’s Paramount Leader Deng Xiaoping wanted new management in Beijing. The reins of power were turned over to two former mayors of Shanghai: Jiang Zemin, who succeeded Xiaoping as paramount leader, and Zhu Rongji, who became Vice Premier. They declared that Shanghai would be the “dragon’s head” of China’s modernization.
Megacity Episodes:
Megacities of the World (Season 1 - Complete) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ULzxD3w_c8
TOKYO: Earth's Model MEGACITY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SL9KRvzVmo
PARIS: Europe's MEGACITY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdObzSwVAw4
SAO PAULO: South America's MEGACITY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNEeY_gXFBc
DHAKA: Fastest Growing MEGACITY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKGITvyWMH0
CAIRO: Middle East MEGACITY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tKphKvodLQ
DELHI: India's Capital MEGACITY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUPTGDrXDy4
LOS ANGELES, California's MEGACITY https://youtu.be/QropkR9iasY
MEXICO CITY: Largest MEGACITY in the Americas https://youtu.be/8dEKLuZXrUc
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,1,Journalist Glenn Greenwald discusses a new revelation from the leaked NSA documents made public by Edward Snowden that the United States NSA intercepts internet devices and implants a "backdoor," then seals up the package to hide their tampering.
Watch Greenwald's full interview here:
http://www.c-span.org/video/?319258-7/washington-journal-glenn-greenwald-edward-snowden
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