Big Cities | KCET
"Big Cities" explores innovative solutions for some of the most important urban challenges around the world. National broadcasters from more than two dozen countries have contributed to this collection of documentaries showcasing the citizens who are bringing about significant change in urban planning, infrastructure, and social issues. Each segment explores ways to improve living conditions in the growing number of mega-cities around the globe. Watch the series, exclusively on Link TV.
Full Episodes
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Big Cities
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E1: Sustainable Urban Farming
Episode 1
Maintaining a sustainable way of life through organic farming is possible — even in big cities.
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Big Cities
E2: Heart of the City
Episode 2
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Big Cities
Episode 3: Bringing Life to Public Spaces
Episode 3
Two groups strive to reinvigorate public spaces amid blocky apartment structures and rigid urban development.
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Big Cities
Episode 4: Cooperative Housing
Episode 4
Many people are ditching the confines of traditional apartment life and opting for communal living instead.
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Episode 5: Immigrant Support Systems
Episode 5
Big cities attract dreamers from all over the world. This episode features the people building communities of inclusion for immigrants.
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Clips & Segments
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A government plan to rebuild a large public housing estate has raised the flags because the redevelopment site would include an old dairy farm built among a verdant valley in 1886.
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"La Memoria Del Sonido" builds an arc of experiences and connections between noise and the sounds in San Jose, Costa Rica.
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Community members have been preserving the cultural heritage of the Q’eswachaka bridge, the last living legacy of Inca architecture, by using ancestral techniques, creativity and solidarity.
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Rice and Roses in Malaysia is dedicated to feeding the rising number of homeless individuals who are being displaced by the rapid development in the city of George Town.
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Upcoming Airdates
Heart of the City
Episode 2
The heart of many large cities lies in their historic neighborhoods but across the world, the cultural vitality of these neighborhoods is threatened by the forces of gentrification and aging infrastructure. Hear from the people of Boyle Heights in Los Angeles and the Old Quarter in Hanoi, Vietnam as they work to improve and preserve their communities.
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2020-06-04T19:00:00-07:00KCETLINK
Bringing Life to Public Spaces
Episode 3
Two groups strive to reinvigorate public spaces amid blocky apartment structures and rigid urban development. An artist collective from Spain travels the globe to create murals that draw life back into dwindling public centers. In Medellin, Colombia, urban gardeners create green spaces that beautify the community and empower its citizens.
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2020-06-11T19:00:00-07:00KCETLINK
Cooperative Housing
Episode 4
People are rethinking housing arrangements in growing cities across the globe. Many are ditching the confines of traditional apartments and opting for communal living. In Seoul, three families band together to build the home of their dreams and the urban support system they’ve never had. On a larger scale, participants in a housing cooperative in Lyon band together to share space and the responsibilities of homeownership in a Vertical Village.
Featuring segments by KBS and QLM.
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2020-06-18T19:00:00-07:00KCETLINK
Immigrant Support Systems
Episode 5
Big cities attract dreamers from all over the world. This episode features the people building communities of inclusion for immigrants.
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2020-06-25T19:00:00-07:00KCETLINK
Articles
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Having suffered great climatic, social, and political changes for centuries, the people native to Peru's Quehue region have learned to face change armed only with their ancestral knowledge.
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In a Hong Kong where enormous banyan trees shade the ruins of one of the world’s first industrial dairy farms, citizens are taking a greater stance in protecting their cultural heritage and endangered wildlife.
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Colin Boyd Shafer took on the challenge to photograph one person from every country of the world to showcase the beauty of diversity. The catch? They all had to be people who now call Toronto home.
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By immersing themselves in local cultures, the members of an artist collective known are changing the world one mural at a time.
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Women living in large cities are turning to farming to regain control of their food. Hear their stories and recommendations on how you can grow your own urban garden.
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Big Cities
The concept developers of "Big Cities" tell us how they built a worldwide television and cross-media collection of stories about innovative ways to improve living conditions in major urban areas.
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