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How to Solve the Housing Crisis

This video discusses pros and cons of building higher, from the both technical and cost perspectives.

Subjects:

Building Services Engineering and Building and Real Estate

Keywords:

Building -- Estimates Skyscrapers Housing City planning Tall buildings

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Video
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Why Build Higher?

This video discusses the topic of urban sprawl and the environmental and social impact if a city is expanding too fast

Subjects:

Building and Real Estate

Keywords:

Cities towns -- Growth Housing policy Buildings -- Height restrictions City planning

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Video
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Urbanization and the future of cities

About 10,000 years ago, hunter-gatherers, aided by rudimentary agriculture, moved to semi-permanent villages and never looked back. With further developments came food surpluses, leading to commerce, specialization and, many years later with the Industrial Revolution, the modern city. Vance Kite plots our urban past and how we can expect future cities to adapt to our growing populations.

Subjects:

Building Services Engineering and Building and Real Estate

Keywords:

Cities towns -- Growth City planning

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Video

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