Documentary Review: Megacities
HP | DVD ANALYSIS ASSIGNMENT | International Business | | [Type the author name] | 3/22/2013 |
A variety of films were viewed in class over the course when the semester started. This assignment analyzes the significance behind 4 of the many films viewed and talk about the issues faced, the effects on the international business/trade, and what solutions we can do to solve the problems that were faced in the film. |
Table of Contents
Megacities3
Megacities Rough Worksheet8
Illicit: The Dark Trade9
Illicit: The Dark Trade Rough Worksheet13
Dubai: Miracle or Mirage14
Dubai: Miracle or Mirage Rough Worksheet18
Swoosh! Inside Nike19
Swoosh! Inside Nike Rough Worksheet23
Reference Page24
Video Analysis # 1
Megacities
Introduction: Megacities are a documentary that was created by BBC which was hosted by Andrew Marr. Megacities take a revolutionary look at the places where most of us live: the modern Metropolis. Megacities focuses on the single aspect of a city's infrastructure which best informs the life and functions of that place [2]. Each city is examined as an organism: living, breathing, and growing. In order to survive, these infrastructures must each function independently, and yet blend into a harmony of man, machine, strategy and system, which defines it as a mega city [1]. Megacities examine the infrastructure of eight iconic locations around the world: Las Vegas, Mexico City, Hong Kong, London, Paris, Sao Paulo, Mumbai and New York. This documentary also talks about the metropolises like Dhaka which is the world’s fastest growing city but also home to poverty and disease, Shanghai which is the business capital of the world with over seven thousand billionaires but suffers from a land issue, Tokyo which is the biggest metropolis home to over thirty-three million people but also the loneliest city in the world, Mexico City which is full of culture but is also the most dangerous city in the world, and London which is
A variety of films were viewed in class over the course when the semester started. This assignment analyzes the significance behind 4 of the many films viewed and talk about the issues faced, the effects on the international business/trade, and what solutions we can do to solve the problems that were faced in the film. |
Table of Contents
Megacities3
Megacities Rough Worksheet8
Illicit: The Dark Trade9
Illicit: The Dark Trade Rough Worksheet13
Dubai: Miracle or Mirage14
Dubai: Miracle or Mirage Rough Worksheet18
Swoosh! Inside Nike19
Swoosh! Inside Nike Rough Worksheet23
Reference Page24
Video Analysis # 1
Megacities
Introduction: Megacities are a documentary that was created by BBC which was hosted by Andrew Marr. Megacities take a revolutionary look at the places where most of us live: the modern Metropolis. Megacities focuses on the single aspect of a city's infrastructure which best informs the life and functions of that place [2]. Each city is examined as an organism: living, breathing, and growing. In order to survive, these infrastructures must each function independently, and yet blend into a harmony of man, machine, strategy and system, which defines it as a mega city [1]. Megacities examine the infrastructure of eight iconic locations around the world: Las Vegas, Mexico City, Hong Kong, London, Paris, Sao Paulo, Mumbai and New York. This documentary also talks about the metropolises like Dhaka which is the world’s fastest growing city but also home to poverty and disease, Shanghai which is the business capital of the world with over seven thousand billionaires but suffers from a land issue, Tokyo which is the biggest metropolis home to over thirty-three million people but also the loneliest city in the world, Mexico City which is full of culture but is also the most dangerous city in the world, and London which is