Charles Hoch, Professor Emeritus of urban planning and policy at the University of Illinois, talks about the challenges of regional planning in the United States. As opposed to Europe where spatial planning prevails, the notion of urban planning is more dominant here, and Hoch uses the Chicago region as a case study.
Belinda Yuen, a town planner and expert in mass housing, presents an account of Singapore’s public housing, the evolution of concepts and strategies for high-rise urban planning, and the diverse common spaces that have been designed for a higher quality of life.
This film depicts the clash that occurs in a small American town when Wal-Mart wants to open a store there.
This award-winning film examines the experience of ordinary workers as it tracks a canned food product on its journey across the world.
This film follows the responses of Detroit residents to the city’s industrial decline.
This film is a photographic journey showing the effects of human activity on a variety of landscapes.
This film follows a seventeen-year-old Chinese girl who leaves home in order to work in a Chinese jeans factory.
This film criticizes America’s suburban sprawl and its dependence on oil as being unsustainable for the future.
This film displays ideas and experiments in art and architecture to design and dwell in portable, flexible, environmentally-friendly off-grid and compact homes.
