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Cities: What Are They? (2nd Edition)

16 minutes 33 seconds

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Construction site with cranes in background and I beams in subterranean dirt area in foreground. Caption. Making old areas new again is called "urban renewal."

Cities--what are they? How did they get started? What do they have in common? A city planner supplies answers to these and other questions as we visit major American cities. Describes the function of city government and notes the services, characteristics, and even problems cities share.

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