The Nile River: Shared or Monopolized?
Nile, from the humble to the hugely ambitious. In Egypt, viewers encounter a struggling Cairo fishing family, a father-and-son farming team, and the
Subject: Rural-urban migration
Transcript: OVER THE PAST 50 YEARS. THE CITY IS NOW HOME TO NEARLY THE SAME NUMBER OF PEOPLE AS THE WHOLE OF AUSTRALIA, ALL IN ONE CONFINED CHAOTIC SPRAWLING CITY
Infectious diseases: more mobility, greater danger
Illustrating connections between globalization and the spread of disease, this program uses data-mapping to assess the potential impact of deadly
Transcript: , EGGS AND FEED HAD TO STAY INSIDE THIS AREA. ON THE THIRD DAY OF THE OUTBREAK, IT WAS FOUND THAT THE FLU WAS CAUSED BY A HIGHLY-CONTAGIOUS STRAIN, H7N7
Life in Farms and Cities
Only 15 species account for 96% of the Earth's agricultural plants. Weeds and small animals are farm nuisances. Cities have low biodiversity
Water Problems in Mexico City
Mexico City, the world's 8th richest city, has a water problem stemming from leaks in the system and back-up reservoirs running dry. Colossal
Malawi: a nation going hungry
policies and the government's inability to subsidize the agriculture of its own people. Highlighting the additional problems of environmental degradation and
Subject: Agriculture and state--Malawi
Transcript: ? [SPEAKING CHEWA] My name [INAUDIBLE]. I live at Area 15. [SPEAKING CHEWA] It is very difficult for we to send our children to school. But I'd rather send my
1920s...Beyond the Glitter, The: Women and Minorities in the Workplace
Half a million African-American workers who migrated from the rural South struggle to retain their positions in the decade of the 1920s. Unions do
Subject: agricultural work
Transcript: the incredible profits of american industry. Black workers will scramble into the cities of the north, Eager to take any job at any pay level Because
Best Laid Plans...: Economic Vitality
growth, and the increasing sophistication and diversification of its productive power. The North industrializes very rapidly. Its cities are compact with
Transcript: , Migration to the west, but also migration from the countryside To cities, allied to a series of changes: economic growth, Obviously, economic opportunity. So
King Corn
Cheney and Curt Ellis, best friends from college on the East Coast, move to the heartland to learn where their food comes from. With the help of friendly
Subject: Agriculture -- Economic aspects -- United States
Transcript: farms, like the Cheneys, afloat by limiting the amount of grain that got to market. But in 1973, a new Secretary of Agriculture, Earl L. Butz
California : History: the first inhabitants to the American Civil War
ago, to the Spanish explorers and settlers of the 18th century, to the waves of immigrants from America and all over the world who filled the gold
Transcript: CALIFORNIA. HWUI SHAN NOTED TALL TREES WITH RED WOOD. SOMETIME AROUND THIS CONTACT, WHAT MUST HAVE HAPPENED IS THAT MANY AMERICAN INDIAN GROUPS MIGRATED TO
Ancient history : Ancient Britain: Stonehenge to Celtic Iron Age hill forts
. Follow the incredible saga of a glorious 7000 year evolution of Ancient Britain's people - from the earliest Stone Age clans, to the builders of Stonehenge
Transcript: recognized inhabitants of Britain after the last ice age. 3,000 years earlier, a Paleolithic culture had migrated to this cold and wet land. It was a land