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Four of the most amazing megacities around the world: Delhi, Los Angeles, Shanghai, and Kinshasa.
Episodes covered in this video:
Delhi, India's Capital MEGACITY
youtu.be/OUPTGDrXDy4
Los Angeles, California's MEGACITY
youtu.be/QropkR9iasY
Shanghai, China's Largest MEGACITY
youtu.be/N6XZekbQ0SE
AFRICA'S MEGACITY: Kinshasa, DRC (CONGO)
youtu.be/bgljcixHvAU
MEGACITIES of the World (Season 1 - Complete)
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This is the most populous city, and the capital, of a country that will soon have more people than anywhere else on Earth. Home to more than 31 million residents, it’s a chaotic place with a complicated history. It has major problems in housing, inequality, and transportation. But if it can solve them, its residents will experience an enormous increase in prosperity. As India’s seat of power, what happens here impacts a billion people and reverberates around the world. This is Delhi: a fulcrum of the 21st century.
The only megacity in the western United States has an ideal climate and a history of development based - uniquely - on vehicle mobility. There is no place quite like it on Earth. A powerful trendsetter, this diverse, beautiful city is one of the most recognizable on the planet. Arguably the most influential and successful urban area of the 1900s, its population grew from 100,000 to more than 15 million in just over a century. But this amazing boom favored some much more than others and has required a re-engineering of the natural environment on a scale previously unseen in human history. This is Los Angeles, California’s megacity.
Shanghai, the most populous city in the People’s Republic of China, rises on the low-lying swamplands where the tributaries and lakes of the Yangtze River Delta meet the East China Sea, and the vast Pacific Ocean beyond.
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Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, recently became the most populous in sub-Saharan Africa. It has some of the most bountiful and sought-after natural resources on the planet, many of which remain untapped by its enterprising and industrious workforce. Yet, despite being faced with some of the most challenging conditions in the history of civilization, it remains a land of enormous potential.
Chapters:
0:00 Welcome to Season 2
0:17 Delhi, India
17:55 Los Angeles, USA
40:00 Shanghai, China
53:04 Kinshasa, DR Congo
Megacity Episodes:
Megacities of the World (Season 1 - Complete) youtube.com/watch?v=0ULzxD3w_c8
TOKYO: Earth's Model MEGACITY youtube.com/watch?v=-SL9KRvzVmo
PARIS: Europe's MEGACITY youtube.com/watch?v=bdObzSwVAw4
SAO PAULO: South America's MEGACITY youtube.com/watch?v=sNEeY_gXFBc
DHAKA: Fastest Growing MEGACITY youtube.com/watch?v=vKGITvyWMH0
CAIRO: Middle East MEGACITY youtube.com/watch?v=0tKphKvodLQ
DELHI: India's Capital MEGACITY youtube.com/watch?v=OUPTGDrXDy4
SHANGHAI: China's Largest MEGACITY youtube.com/watch?v=N6XZekbQ0SE
MEXICO CITY: Largest MEGACITY in the Americas youtu.be/8dEKLuZXrUc
AFRICA'S MEGACITY: Kinshasa, DRC (CONGO)
youtu.be/bgljcixHvAU
Los Angeles, California's MEGACITY
youtu.be/QropkR9iasY
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Four of the most amazing megacities around the world: Delhi, Los Angeles, Shanghai, and Kinshasa.
Episodes covered in this video:
Delhi, India's Capital MEGACITY
youtu.be/OUPTGDrXDy4
Los Angeles, California's MEGACITY
youtu.be/QropkR9iasY
Shanghai, China's Largest MEGACITY
youtu.be/N6XZekbQ0SE
AFRICA'S MEGACITY: Kinshasa, DRC (CONGO)
youtu.be/bgljcixHvAU
MEGACITIES of the World (Season 1 - Complete)
youtu.be/0ULzxD3w_c8
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This is the most populous city, and the capital, of a country that will soon have more people than anywhere else on Earth. Home to more than 31 million residents, it’s a chaotic place with a complicated history. It has major problems in housing, inequality, and transportation. But if it can solve them, its residents will experience an enormous increase in prosperity. As India’s seat of power, what happens here impacts a billion people and reverberates around the world. This is Delhi: a fulcrum of the 21st century.
The only megacity in the western United States has an ideal climate and a history of development based - uniquely - on vehicle mobility. There is no place quite like it on Earth. A powerful trendsetter, this diverse, beautiful city is one of the most recognizable on the planet. Arguably the most influential and successful urban area of the 1900s, its population grew from 100,000 to more than 15 million in just over a century. But this amazing boom favored some much more than others and has required a re-engineering of the natural environment on a scale previously unseen in human history. This is Los Angeles, California’s megacity.
Shanghai, the most populous city in the People’s Republic of China, rises on the low-lying swamplands where the tributaries and lakes of the Yangtze River Delta meet the East China Sea, and the vast Pacific Ocean beyond.
London england megacity london england uk united kingdom delhi jakarta indonesia jakarta megacity world cup qatar tdc argentina germany france messi ronaldo benzema neymar brazil spain netherlands arsenal chelsea manchester city moscow china japan united states new york los angeles tdc thededicatedcitizen mumbai tehran iran cairo tokyo beijing los angeles chicago la houston
Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, recently became the most populous in sub-Saharan Africa. It has some of the most bountiful and sought-after natural resources on the planet, many of which remain untapped by its enterprising and industrious workforce. Yet, despite being faced with some of the most challenging conditions in the history of civilization, it remains a land of enormous potential.
Chapters:
0:00 Welcome to Season 2
0:17 Delhi, India
17:55 Los Angeles, USA
40:00 Shanghai, China
53:04 Kinshasa, DR Congo
Megacity Episodes:
Megacities of the World (Season 1 - Complete) youtube.com/watch?v=0ULzxD3w_c8
TOKYO: Earth's Model MEGACITY youtube.com/watch?v=-SL9KRvzVmo
PARIS: Europe's MEGACITY youtube.com/watch?v=bdObzSwVAw4
SAO PAULO: South America's MEGACITY youtube.com/watch?v=sNEeY_gXFBc
DHAKA: Fastest Growing MEGACITY youtube.com/watch?v=vKGITvyWMH0
CAIRO: Middle East MEGACITY youtube.com/watch?v=0tKphKvodLQ
DELHI: India's Capital MEGACITY youtube.com/watch?v=OUPTGDrXDy4
SHANGHAI: China's Largest MEGACITY youtube.com/watch?v=N6XZekbQ0SE
MEXICO CITY: Largest MEGACITY in the Americas youtu.be/8dEKLuZXrUc
AFRICA'S MEGACITY: Kinshasa, DRC (CONGO)
youtu.be/bgljcixHvAU
Los Angeles, California's MEGACITY
youtu.be/QropkR9iasY
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Obama Makes Baby Stop Crying youtube.com/watch?v=uqhzWlqN3uc
President Obama's Anger Translator at White House Correspondent's Dinner youtube.com/watch?v=G6NfRMv-4OY
Greatest Recorded Speeches in American History (1933-2008) youtube.com/watch?v=vnVwvPpdFeY
Bill Nye Destroys Noah's Ark youtube.com/watch?v=F4OhXQTMOEc
President Obama Walks The Streets of Washington youtube.com/watch?v=nEEtBVPiI44
Trump Destroyed by Comedian Hasan Minhaj at 2017 White House Correspondents Dinner youtube.com/watch?v=DHLRj1LaPiQ
Seth Rogen Testifies Before Congress youtube.com/watch?v=hvdbHSGWAgs
President Obama's Anger Translator: Behind The Scenes youtube.com/watch?v=xThj8BJIjUg
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![How America Changed Under Obama [A Data Analysis]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/y3uuX8Jtqxw/mqdefault.jpg "How America Changed Under Obama [A Data Analysis]
A data-driven look at how the U.S. changed under the presidency of Barack Obama.
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Researched, written, narrated and produced by Bryce Plank
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In 2008, Barack Obama was the change candidate. This is a data-driven look at how much America transformed during his eight years as our President. Pause or rewind the video if you need more time with any of the data.
After spiking during the Great Recession, the unemployment rate is below 5% today.
And the stock market has more than doubled.
Obamacare, the Affordable Care Act, plunged the percentage of adults without health insurance to the lowest level in history.
While the share of income going to the top 1% has continued to increase, average Americans saw the biggest jump in their household income ever in 2015, and the biggest drop in poverty since the great society programs of the 1960’s.
The violent crime rate is down almost 20% from when Obama took office.
America’s image abroad was lifted as President Obama turned away from the policies of George W. Bush and toward a more active pursuit of diplomacy to solve problems.
Today, there are less than 15,000 troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, compared to the 175,000 when he took office.
But this was coupled with Americans themselves becoming more wary of international engagement.
On energy, the Obama administration has reduced carbon emissions by 9.4%, greatly expanded wind and solar power, and cut America’s dependence on foreign oil by more than half.
In 2015, for the first time since at least 1980, the number of inmates in federal prisons actually declined.
8 states have now legalized marijuana and - for first time - a majority of Americans overall support legalization.
A majority of Americans also favor the Supreme Court’s ruling that essentially legalized same-sex marriage nationwide.
Culturally, the biggest change came when Apple released the first iPhone during Obama’s campaign for the democratic nomination in 2007. In the decade since, smartphone use has exploded and about half of all Americans now own a tablet too.
But all that technology has led to a constant stream of stories and images of violence and victimization, especially at the hands of police, seen all over the social media feeds of many Americans, that’s led to a widespread perception that race relations have deteriorated.
Millennials are now the nation’s largest living generation and the biggest potential voting block.
For the first time in 2013, the majority of newborn babies were racial or ethnic minorities, and a record-high 12% of newlyweds married someone of a different race.
Despite some people’s perception, the past seven years has seen little change in the number of unauthorized immigrants living in the United States, there was actually a net loss of over 100,000 immigrants who went back to Mexico.
The biggest religious trend during Obama’s presidency is the rise of those claiming no religion at all a group now making up a quarter of the population, and 35% of millennials.
As you can see from President Obama’s approval ratings among democrats and republicans, modern America has never been so divided along partisan lines.
Far more democrats than republicans now say immigrants strengthen the country; and when it comes to guns, far more republicans now think we should prioritize gun rights over gun control.
For various reasons, both democrats and republicans have much less faith in government. Most Americans didn’t think the government’s actions after the financial crisis helped them.
On national security, after the horrific terrorist attacks in Paris and San Bernardino, for the first time since 9/11, the government’s job rating on terrorism turned negative.
And, driven by the campaign of Donald Trump, Republicans have suddenly become anti-free trade and globalization. As you can see, Democrats’ views have remained roughly the same.
Only one-third of Americans used social media in 2008, but by 2015 that rate was 75%.
Obama was also the first Internet video president, as this media genre came of age during his time in office. YouTube now has over a billion users.
In 2016, more American adults learned about the presidential election through social media than through print newspapers, with seven-in-ten getting their news through a mobile device.")
