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This is the third 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 urban/rural relationships. In Cracow we examine the phenomenon of worker/peasants - those who live on rural farms and commute into Cracow for urban employment opportunities. In Vancouver, we look at the gradual dispersal of population throughout the Greater Vancouver Regional District and consider what pressures this places on land use planning in the area. In the case of Birmingham, we feature the post-war expansion of the city and in particular the pressures it has generated for building land on the periphery of the city. This programme has been re-made to include an updating postscript. Allan Cochrane, acting Course Team Chairman, explains the significance of recent events in Poland. This second remake is to include a studio discussion between Allan Cochrane Acting Course Team Chairman and Professor Andy Blowers on the advantages and good uses of the television programmes in the D202 course.
Metadata describing this Open University video programme
Module code and title: D202, Urban change and conflict
Item code: D202; 03; 1985
First transmission date: 21-04-1985
Published: 1985
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Duration: 00:49:07
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Producer: Graham Turner
Contributors: Andrew Blowers; Allan Cochrane; Chris Hamnett; Iain Taylor
Publisher: BBC Open University
Keyword(s): Birmingham; Cracow; 'Green field' development; Hobby farmers; Land use planning; Mixed-economy; Socialist/capitalist; Suburban sprawl; Vancouver; Worker/peasants
Master spool number: HOU5307
Production number: FOUD284E
Videofinder number: 3814
Available to public: no