City Planning (Preview)
Preview: Season 1 Episode 3 | 34sVideo has Closed Captions
Two cities, San Francisco and Freetown, brace for climate change with contrasting methods.
Two cities, San Francisco and Freetown, brace for climate change using vastly different methodologies. San Francisco's developers are building expensive real estate on floodplains as officials try to heed expert projections on future sea levels. A mudslide caused by torrential rains and deforestation in Sierra Leone shows the consequences of city planning that doesn't account for climate change.
Earth Focus is a local public television program presented by PBS SoCal
City Planning (Preview)
Preview: Season 1 Episode 3 | 34sVideo has Closed Captions
Two cities, San Francisco and Freetown, brace for climate change using vastly different methodologies. San Francisco's developers are building expensive real estate on floodplains as officials try to heed expert projections on future sea levels. A mudslide caused by torrential rains and deforestation in Sierra Leone shows the consequences of city planning that doesn't account for climate change.
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San Francisco Builds On Land Vulnerable to Sea Level Rise
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San Francisco's developers are building expensive real estate on floodplains. (9m 30s)
Urbanization and Climate Change Lead to Deadly Consequences
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A deadly mudslide in Sierra Leone's capital exposed the city's failure to plan. (14m 27s)
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Earth Focus is a local public television program presented by PBS SoCal