Super skyscrapers: The Vertical City
(2014)

Nonfiction

eVideo

Provider: Kanopy

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1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 60 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound

ISBN/ISSN
1122972
LANGUAGE
English
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Title from title frames

Shanghai Tower isn’t just a skyscraper — it’s a vertical city, a collection of businesses, services and hotels all in one place, fitting a population the size of Monaco into a footprint the size of a football field. Within its walls, residents can literally work, rest, play and relax in public parks, looking up through 12 stories of clear space. Not just one, however, but eight of them, stacked on top of each other, all the way to the 120th floor. When complete, the structure will dominate Shanghai’s skyline, towering over its neighbors as a testament to China’s economic success and the ambitions of the city’s wealthy elite

Originally produced by PBS in 2014

Mode of access: World Wide Web

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