Cities - Surviving the Urban Jungle • episode "S1E8" • Human Planet

Category: Environment

The city is built to keep untamed nature out, but nature cannot be pushed away.

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Human Planet meets people for whom rivers can be both a risk to life and a lifeline.

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The city is built to keep untamed nature out, but nature cannot be pushed away.

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