People are the life-blood of cities. Its transport links are its veins and arteries. If they're cut-off the city will die. Thousands of people work every day at making it possible for city dwellers to be where they need to be, when they need to be there. It's an endless task demanding brain and brawn. Without the army of drivers, diggers, planners, thinkers, our great cities would come to a halt.

We all live in cities. As we head into the future, how we adapt to the needs of expanding cities will have a huge impact on their livability. Food, land use, housing, energy, waste - how we tackle these issues will determine whether our cities evolve, or whether they decline. In a new installment of Suzuki Diaries, David and his daughter Sarika set out to discover whether some of Canada's biggest cities are ready for the challenges of the future.

El transporte ha conectado al mundo. Sólo en los Estados unidos hay mas de 4 millones de millas de caminos. Infórmate sobre las personas en nuestra communidad que trabajan en el transporte de bienes.

This documentary explores China's rapid urbanization through architecture and design. Within two decades, villages have exploded into mega cities and urban planners can't keep up with the rate of migration as rural people seek better economic and educational opportunities for their children. Prominent architects, including Jane Zhang, Pei Zhu, Ma Yansong, and Wang Shu, discuss their innovative museum projects and photographer Peter Bialobrzeski draws...

Sustainable cities make an effort to reduce their impact on the planet. They find environmentally friendly solutions for transportation, energy, and other parts of their infrastructure. Making a City Sustainable examines examples of how city planners have used sustainable technology to protect the environment in their communities.

Traveling within and between modern cities involves using buses, trains, bicycles, and other forms of transportation. Designing City Transport examines examples of how city planners have used these systems to make life easier for citizens while cutting back on pollution in their communities.

Generating electricity and distributing it to homes and businesses is a critical task for any modern city. Powering a City examines each step in this process, including ways in which cities are searching for cleaner sources of electricity.

Explore the redevelopment and re-branding of Scotland's largest city, Glasgow. Once a declining city suffering from the death of its ship building industry, it is now considered the UK's second shopping destination and one of the best tourism destinations in Europe. This program features interviews with architects, developers, local residents and civic leaders. It explores the causes and effects of urban decline and the strategies used for urban renewal...

It's one of the UK's most popular stretches of coastline, so how can you balance the needs of the hundreds of thousands of visitors who descend on a busy day, meet the requirements of Europe's largest onshore oil field and protect the environment of this honeypot site? This program explores the values, needs and impacts of the different players who use this area, before assessing the sustainability and success of the management strategies that have...

On estimate, 50 % of the world's population lives in urban areas. By 2050 this will increase to 80%. Life in a mega city is both enchanting and problematic. Today we face peak oil, climate change, loneliness, and severe health issues due to our way of life. But why?