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Understanding urban sprawl / Canadian Broadcasting Corporation ; produced and directed by Italo Costa ; written and researched by James Heer.
LIBRA HT384.U5 U58 1999
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cities and towns--Growth.
- Cities and towns.
- City planning.
- Suburbs--Planning.
- Suburbs.
- Suburbs--Environmental aspects.
- City planning--Environmental aspects.
- Suburbs--Economic aspects.
- City planning--Economic aspects.
- Suburbs--Social aspects.
- City planning--Social aspects.
- Art and architecture videos.
- Local Subjects:
- Art and architecture videos.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videocassette (47 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
- 1/2 in.
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- Princeton, N.J. : Films for the Humanities & Sciences [distributor], [1999]
- System Details:
- VHS.
- analog
- magnetic
- VHS
- Summary:
- In this program, scientist and environmentalist Dr. David Suzuki examines the social, economic, and environmental implications of 'sprawl,' the low-density development that spreads out from the edges of cities and towns, using examples from the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Includes commentary from planners, developers, and environmentalists.
- Participant:
- Narrator: David Suzuki.
- Credits:
- Photography, Michael Savoie ... [et al.] ; music, Carlos Lopez.
- Notes:
- Originally broadcast as an episode of the television program The nature of things in 1998.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- OCLC:
- 41426019
- Publisher Number:
- FFH 8617 Films for the Humanities & Sciences
- Online:
- Reviews from Media Review Digest
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