The City

The Why Factor

• Episode: The City
• Website: The Why Factor
• Feed URL: https://podcasts.files.bbci.co.uk/p00xtky9.rss
• Duration: 00:17:55
• Published: 2013-07-05 19:50

These days we humans have become an urban-dwelling species. So how has the city changed us? What are the pros and cons of life in a modern metropolis? From the experience of a single individual we'll zoom out, to view neighbourhoods and communities and to the city as a whole - a place that we have shaped and which, in turn, shapes us.

(Image: Commuters drive past the city of Bangalore. Credit: AFP/Getty Images)