[mikael colville-andersen] the story of detroit has been told countless times all over the world. the rise and the fall are part of the narrative, bubut it is especialally the renewal,l, the phoeoenix rising, that has captured peopls imaginatations. and yeah, i get it. what a story! i know that most of the renewal, most of the hype, is focused on downtown. the renewal of detroit has not reached most of the people who live here. here in detroit, 90% of the population are not white, they rarely go downtown. i want to move past the headlines, i want to find the reality that is detroit. i want to meet the citizens of this city who are working hard, struggling insistently on making this city more life-sized,

[mikael colville-andersen] whenever i think about milan, i've always thought about a diva.pectable, aging opera singer who's led a long life and has so many stories to tell. this city is standing at a crossroads, just like every other city in the world, in this growing age of urbanism. but here, the conversation is amplified. there is a growing hunger for real urban change. i want to find out which path milan is choosing and how it will future-proof ititsf using the power of urbanism and community engagement. milan, show me what you've got.

china says the laws expected to ban what it sees as treason, sedition and [mikael colville-andersen]f detroit has been told countless times all over the world. the rise and the fall are part of the narrative, but it is especicially the renewawal, the phphoenix rising, that has captured peoe's imagininations. and yeah, i get it. what a story! i know that most of the renewal, most of the hype, is focused on downtown. the renewal of detroit

[mikael colville-andersen] at the heart of a challenged but fiercely proud nation lies its capital.s is mexico city. this is a megacity. the fifth largest in the world: 21 million inhabitants. it's also the eighth richest city in the world, and yet 30% of the population live in poverty. what a vast spectrum in which i get to work in my search for the life-sized city. but i know that there are people here, like in cities everywhere around the world, who are working positively to force urban change. i want to hear, see and experience what they're doing to improve urban life in this vast arena of contradictions.

social distancing rules are expected to be further [mikael colville-andersen] at the heart of a challengednation lies its capital. this is mexico city. this is a megacity. the fifth largest in the world: 21 million inhabitants. it's also the eighth richest city in the world, and yet 30% of the population live in poverty. what a vast spectrum in which i get to work in my search for the life-sized city. but i know that there are people here, like in cities everywhere around the world, who are working positively to force urban change. i want to hear, see and experience what they're doing to improve urban life in this vast arena of contradictions.

[mikael colville-andersen] it's been more than 20 years since the end of apartheid. like many iconic cities, cape town's reputation precedes it. i've heard the same thing from friends and colleagues around the world: "man, the beaches. the food, the wine!" but outside that glossy, gentrified, rich and incredibly white urban bubble, has the power of democracy and the quest for equality improve lives here on the cape? is urbanism being used as an effective tool for urban change? we're heading deep into the real and raw urban landscape of a moderern cape town.

[mikael colville-andersen] whenever i think about milan, i've always thought about a diva. a classy, respectable, aging opera singer who's led a long life and has so many stories to tell. this city is standing at a crossroads, just like every other city in the world, in this growing age of urbanism. but here, the conversation is amplified. there is a growing hunger for real urban change. i want to find out which path milan is choosing and how it will future-proof ititsf using the power of urbanism and community engagement. milan, show me what you've got.