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This is the sixth programme in a series of eight and, like all the others, is divided into three case studies filmed on location in the cities of Vancouver, British Columbia; Cracow, Poland and Bir...mingham, U.K. The theme of this programme is how people in the three cities become involved in a variety of urban political movements. In Vancouver, we look at the rise and accession to power of The Electors Action Movement (TEAM) who took over the city government in the 1972 elections. Their policies and personnel are examined in the light of the city s development at that time and in particular their opposition to urban renewal and urban freeways. In Birmingham, we look at the opposition to the expansion of Birmingham's Elmdon Airport. In Cracow, the acute problem of atmospheric pollution is taken as a case study for the growth in public awareness of shortfalls in public participation in the state's planning policies.
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Module code and title: D202, Urban change and conflict
Item code: D202; 06
First transmission date: 25-07-1982
Published: 1982
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Duration: 00:46:41
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Producer: Graham Turner
Contributors: Allan Cochrane; Chris Hamnett; Iain Taylor
Publisher: BBC Open University
Keyword(s): Birmingham; Cracow; Eldon Airport; Mixed-economy; Opposition groups; Public participation; Socialist/capitalist; The Electors Action Movement; Urban political movements; Vancouver
Master spool number: HOU3693
Production number: FOUD105S
Videofinder number: 3821
Available to public: no