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Sky's The Limit:
Philosopher Mark Kingwell and architecture
critic Lise Rochon make an ascent on the topic
of skyscrapers - which are increasingly becoming
symbols of booming Asian economies.
 Sky's
The Limit (Runs: 24:05)
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FACT: The
United Nations estimates that more than 1
billion people live in the
world’s slums. That’s 1 in
6 people. That number may
increase to 2 billion over the next 30
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The School of WUF:
CBC
Reporter Lesley
Pritchard story
on poor, urban
women from around
the world who have come together to learn
the networking skills they need to work
their way through the conference floor
at the World Urban Forum. The
School of WUF
(Runs:
5:13)
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All Sewn Up:
CBC's Lesley Pritchard presents a story on how a local
company, contracted to create the official World Urban
Forum tote bag, is changing the lives of poor men and
women once thought unemployable. All
Sewn Up (Runs: 4:40)
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| FACT: By
2030, Asia and Africa will both have higher
numbers of city dwellers than
any other major area of the world. |
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| FACT: By
2010, the top five most populated
cities in the world will be: Tokyo 26.4 million
| Mumbai 23.6 million | Lagos 20.2 million
| Sao Paulo 19.7 million |
Mexico City 18.7 million |
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Sonic Youth: Canadian Kevina Power and her Kenyan
partner Njoroge Wanjohi argue music can be one of the
forces of change in cities and governments. Sonic
Youth (Runs: 10:17)
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Urbanites
Rights:
On Wednesday,
the director general
of UNESCO will host a session looking at
how Montreal has enshrined the rights of
its citizens and Jian Ghomeshi speaks with
one of the people behind Montreal's Citizens
Charter, Dimitri Roussopoulos. Urbanites
Rights (Runs:
16:56)
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FACT: By
2015, it is expected that there will be 23
cities with a population over
10 million. |
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Learn
about different city spaces through our interactive map. Explore
different countries, get the facts, hear from CBC personalities
and well-known Canadians about their city experiences. |
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CBC shows a side of Dubai that hardly anybody sees
that is connected to it's spectacular rate of growth. 
Anna
Maria Tremonti and 
Washington used
to have the highest number of murders per
capita but today it is a city that is blossoming. 
Moscow
has come a long way since the time of communism.
We look at how people view their
future while others remember the past. 
See
what Habitat for Humanity is doing. 
UN
has given a group of kids in
Patrick Brown looks at how
construction is changing the face of Beijing. 
Bob
Nixon talks to some of the proponents and critics
of what some people call Vancouverism. 
