Urbanization and gentrification: how our cities change over time
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00:00:00 — Introduction.
00:01:03 — Urbanization: what is it? Experience of living in different places: megacities, big cities, villages, rural areas.
00:06:13 — Advantages and disadvantages of living in a big city vs in a rural area: gossips, expensive public transport and parking, etc.
00:12:40 — Novosibirsk from the point of urbanization: buildings, transport, cafes, etc. Traffic jam problem. Smell of a pig farm.
00:20:21 — Strict zoning in the USA and Europe.
00:22:20 — The good and bad sides of living in a big city. Crime in China, London and New York.
00:27:47 — Good sides of living in a rural area. Air pollution in small cities in China. Difference between Russian and British cottages.
00:30:03 — Dream accommodation. Cockroaches and other creatures that can bother everywhere. Rats in New York. Living in a city centre and noise pollution there.
00:37:53 — Urbanization — is it a negative or positive trend? Do we need little villages?
00:39:50 — Urban processes: urban development, re-development, renewal. What's the difference between the three? The gentrification of Brixton.
00:48:34 — Urban decay — what is it and why do some cities "die" and turn into ghost towns. Vorkuta, Detroit.
00:53:29 — About life in Akademgorodok and its development.
00:56:49 — Problem of homelessness in California.
00:59:46 — Outro.
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