Synopsis
Andrew Marr visits a new type of space conscious housing in Tokyo.
- Programme: Andrew Marr's Mega Cities
- Episode: Living in the City
- Channel: BBC One
- Broadcast year: 2011
- Geography | Urban environments | Settlement in urban areas | Settlement types
Licence: ERA Licence required
UK only
Staff and students of licensed education establishments only
Cannot be adapted
Add Notes
More clips from Andrew Marr's Mega Cities
1: Living in the City | Andrew Marr's Megacities
1: Living in the City | Andrew Marr's Megacities
Documentary in which Andrew Marr looks at how people live in five of the world's biggest megacities: London, Dhaka, Tokyo, M...
Eating and Sleeping in a Slum | Andrew Marr's Megacities
Eating and Sleeping in a Slum | Andrew Marr's Megacities
Andrew Marr talks to a family about their experiences of living in a slum.
Living in Dhaka's Slums | Andrew Marr's Megacities
Living in Dhaka's Slums | Andrew Marr's Megacities
Andrew Marr visits Dhaka's slums and investigates their organised layout and social structure.
Loneliness in Tokyo | Andrew Marr's Megacities
Loneliness in Tokyo | Andrew Marr's Megacities
Andrew Marr talks to Tokyo residents about isolation and reclusiveness.
Rural to Urban Mass Migration | Andrew Marr's Megacities
Rural to Urban Mass Migration | Andrew Marr's Megacities
Shanghai continues to grow and develop with mass migration of people from rural environments to the city.
Shanghai Demolition | Andrew Marr's Megacities
Shanghai Demolition | Andrew Marr's Megacities
Andrew Marr investigates demolition in Shanghai and talks to a family who are losing their home and being relocated.
Skyscrapers and Tourism | Andrew Marr's Megacities
Skyscrapers and Tourism | Andrew Marr's Megacities
Andrew Marr investigates the construction of London skyscraper the Shard.
Unplanned Mexico City | Andrew Marr's Megacities
Unplanned Mexico City | Andrew Marr's Megacities
Andrew Marr explores the vast and contrasting urban experience of Mexico City.
More resources about Geography
Fashion's Dirty Secrets | Stacey Dooley
Fashion's Dirty Secrets | Stacey Dooley
Stacey Dooley uncovers the shocking environmental impact caused by an insatiable appetite for cheap clothing.
1: Peace | Welcome to Rio
1: Peace | Welcome to Rio
Documentary series exploring Rio's shanty-towns, the favelas. In Cantagalo, delivery man Rocky carries goods up the steep staircases overlooking Co...
1: Medieval London | Filthy Cities
1: Medieval London | Filthy Cities
Dan Snow gets down and dirty in medieval grime to discover how the London of today was forged in the filth of the 14th century.
Episode 1 | The Chinese Are Coming
Episode 1 | The Chinese Are Coming
Justin Rowlatt investigates what the world will be like if China overtakes America as the world's economic superpower. He looks at the phe...
1: Volcano | Earth: The Power of the Planet
1: Volcano | Earth: The Power of the Planet
Dr Iain Stewart tells the story of planet Earth. Although they appear to be destructive, volcanoes have been crucial to the devel...
Chris Packham: 7.7 Billion People and Counting | Horizon
Chris Packham: 7.7 Billion People and Counting | Horizon
Naturalist Chris Packham investigates the impact a growing human population is having on the planet, asking whether ...
1: Living in the City | Andrew Marr's Megacities
1: Living in the City | Andrew Marr's Megacities
Documentary in which Andrew Marr looks at how people live in five of the world's biggest megacities: London, Dhaka, Tokyo, M...
Japan Earthquake: A Horizon Special with Iain Stewart | Horizon
Japan Earthquake: A Horizon Special with Iain Stewart | Horizon
Professor Iain Stewart examines the powerful geological forces that unleashed the devastating Japanese earthq...
Untold: Inside the Shein Machine
Untold: Inside the Shein Machine
Reporter Iman Amrani explores how Shein has mastered social media marketing to become a global fast fashion phenomenon. With rumours spreadi...
Famous, Rich and in the Slums: Part 1 | Comic Relief
Famous, Rich and in the Slums: Part 1 | Comic Relief
Lenny Henry, Samantha Womack, Reggie Yates and Angela Rippon experience unimaginable poverty as they spend a week living...
1: The Centre of the Planet | Richard Hammond's Journey To...
1: The Centre of the Planet | Richard Hammond's Journey To...
Richard Hammond uses a giant 3D virtual Earth, stunning CGI, the latest satellite imagery and beautiful locatio...
Japan's Tsunami: How It Happened
Japan's Tsunami: How It Happened
This documentary investigates the science behind the earthquake and tsunami that devastated Japan in March 2011 with one of the biggest eart...
3: Ice | Earth: The Power of the Planet
3: Ice | Earth: The Power of the Planet
Documentary series in which Dr Iain Stewart tells the story of the earth's development. Ice isn't just something to put in a gin and ...
Britain's Wild Weather | Panorama
Britain's Wild Weather | Panorama
Justin Rowlatt visits communities around Britain battered by this year's extreme weather - unprecedented rainfall, sunshine and sustained h...
Episode 1 | Expedition Volcano
Episode 1 | Expedition Volcano
Chris Jackson, Xand van Tulleken and Aldo Kane take part in an expedition to Nyiragongo - one of the world's most dangerous and spectacular vo...
1: The Solomon Islands and Australia | Climate Change: Ade on the Frontline
1: The Solomon Islands and Australia | Climate Change: Ade on the Frontline
Ade Adepitan sees the damage that climate change is causing, and finds out how we can fight it - ...
Elephant - Importance of Water | Wonders of Nature
Elephant - Importance of Water | Wonders of Nature
A herd of elephants moves across the land in search of water.
Climate Change: The Facts
Climate Change: The Facts
After one of the hottest years on record, Sir David Attenborough looks at the science of climate change and potential solutions to this global threat.
2: Bangladesh and Bhutan | Climate Change: Ade on the Frontline
2: Bangladesh and Bhutan | Climate Change: Ade on the Frontline
In Bangladesh and Bhutan, Ade Adepitan sees the damage that climate change is causing and finds out how we ca...
4: Jungles - People of the Trees | Human Planet
4: Jungles - People of the Trees | Human Planet
Series examining man's survival in extreme environments. A look at life in the rainforest, which requires great skill, ingenu...
More from Andrew Marr
3: Sustaining the City | Andrew Marr's Megacities
3: Sustaining the City | Andrew Marr's Megacities
Andrew Marr looks at transport routes and finds out how the world's megacities stay fed, and he joins Mexico City's traffic...
3: Man Made Britain | Britain from Above
3: Man Made Britain | Britain from Above
Andrew Marr discovers how some of Britain's greenest landscapes were shaped by humans.
2: A Brave New World | New Elizabethans with Andrew Marr
2: A Brave New World | New Elizabethans with Andrew Marr
Andrew Marr explores how Britain since 1952 has coped with the loss of empire, America's cultural and political hege...
3: The Word and the Sword | Andrew Marr's History of the World
3: The Word and the Sword | Andrew Marr's History of the World
In this episode, Andrew Marr examines the spiritual revolutions that shook the world between 300 BC and 700 AD.
1: Body and Soul | Andrew Marr on Darwin's Dangerous Idea
1: Body and Soul | Andrew Marr on Darwin's Dangerous Idea
Andrew Marr explores how Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection has taken on a life of its own far beyon...
1: A New Dawn | Andrew Marr's The Making of Modern Britain
1: A New Dawn | Andrew Marr's The Making of Modern Britain
Andrew Marr revisits Britain at the dawn of the 20th century. He finds the country mourning the death of Queen Vic...
2: The Land of Lost Consent | Andrew Marr's History of Modern Britain
2: The Land of Lost Consent | Andrew Marr's History of Modern Britain
The 1950s were a period of apparent calm, order and prosperity for Britain, but much of the populace wa...