Cities
50 Things That Made the Modern Economy. Elevator. Audio, 9 minutes
The safety elevator is a mass transit system that has changed the shape of our cities
- AttributionBBC World Service
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Thinking Allowed. Vertical Cities - India's property boom. Audio, 28 minutes
Vertical cities - a three-dimensional view of urban life. Also, India's property boom.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
FutureProofing. Cities. Audio, 43 minutes
How city living could be transformed by the digital revolution.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
The Why Factor. Why Do Cities Make Us Rude? Audio, 18 minutes
Why do cities make us rude? What makes us behave so badly in urban areas?
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Analysis. Gentrification. Audio, 30 minutes
David Baker asks if too much gentrification is a bad thing?
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
The Essential. The Inquiry: Why Don’t Cities Want the Olympics? Audio, 6 minutes
Judith Grant Long puts forward a radical solution to guarantee the future of the Olympics
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Black Flight and the New Suburbia. Audio, 30 minutes
Hugh Muir charts the movement of ethnic minorities from cities to the English countryside.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
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The Essential. From Our Own Correspondent: A Ghost of Saudi's Future? Audio, 6 minutes
Stephen Sackur ponders the aims (and reality) of the vast KAEC project in Saudi Arabia
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Thinking Allowed. The Flaneur - Walking in the City. Audio, 28 minutes
Laurie Taylor explores the history and meaning of the urban stroller, past and present.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
The Arts Exodus. Audio, 30 minutes
Deborah Coughlin examines the value of art to communities and cities.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4 Extra
- Available for over a year
360 Arts. Audio, 30 minutes
Jessica Lack explores public art in the UK through a city's attempt to commission new work
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
The Forum. Future Cities. Audio, 41 minutes
Smart and eco-cities are design buzz-words – but how realistic are such plans globally?
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Right of Way: Cycling and the City. Audio, 28 minutes
Dr Kevin Fong evaluates the realities of travelling by bike on UK roads.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Analysis. Importing the Metropolitan Revolution. Audio, 30 minutes
Matthew Taylor looks at the grassroots economic revolution being led by big cities.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
The Why Factor. The City. Audio, 18 minutes
Why do humans live in cities? And, what are the pros and cons of the modern metropolis?
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Marseille 2013. Audio, 30 minutes
Philip Sweeney on music, crime and culture in Marseille, 2013 European City of Culture.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Four Thought. Series 3, Ali Mangera: The Future of Shopping. Audio, 15 minutes
Architect Ali Mangera discusses the closely-connected futures of cities and shopping.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
One Planet. The New Town Nobody Wanted. Audio, 18 minutes
Rural poor snub Mexican new town and Calcutta goes blue - what makes a liveable city?
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Thinking Streets. Audio, 30 minutes
Angela Saini explores shared space - an idea set to bring peace and harmony to our streets
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
One Planet. Is it time to embrace our slums? Audio, 18 minutes
For the second part of his series on slums, Paul Mason asks if they are here forever.
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
One Planet. What slums can teach us. Audio, 18 minutes
The world's slums are booming - so what can they teach us about enterprise and community?
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Four Thought. Series 2, Owen Hatherley: The Decline of Architecture. Audio, 15 minutes
Owen Hatherley attacks the architectural results of recent 'urban regeneration'.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Slums 101. Audio, 40 minutes
Paul Mason visits Manila to assess the benefits of life in the world's poorest slums.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
