Using Phoenix, Arizona as a backdrop, this Desert Cities series pilot discusses sustainability issues in city planning and introduces lessons from ancient cultures regarding environment and resource conservation in relation to population growth in arid climates.

"Follows the journey of Professor Timothy Beatley (University of Virginia School of Architecture) as he explores urban projects around the world representing the new green movement that hopes to move our urban environments beyond sustainability to a regenerative way of living ... also features interviews with Stephen Kellert, Professor of Social Ecology, Yale University and award winning author, Richard Louv."--Container.

Rising sea levels and sinking land threaten to destroy Venice. Leading scientists and engineers are racing against the clock and battling the forces of nature to try to save this historic city for future generations.

Three programs that collectively present the milestones of American architecture and city planning. 10 homes that changed America takes the viewer to a 600-year-old Native American dwelling, Thomas Jefferson's Monticello, a Gothic castle in New York, Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater, and an early public housing project. 10 parks that changed America looks at public squares in Savannah, Georgia, a park-like cemetery near Boston, the San Antonio River...

Shows how the Romans planned and constructed their cities for the people who lived within them and used these cities to link their vast empire into a commercial and political unit. Live-action segments visit historical sites and reveal how these structures were built and used. Animated segments tell the story of the construction and conflicts of a fictional Roman city in the newly conquered territory of Gaul.

The rebuilding of Ground Zero is the most architecturally, politically, and emotionally complex construction project in recent American history. The struggle to develop these sixteen acres of sacred lands has encompassed twelve years, nineteen government agencies, and over $20 billion. Aside from the engineering challenges, various constituencies-politicians, developers, architects, insurers, local residents, and relatives of 9/11 victims-profess...