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My City, Your City A Senegalese Mayor Fights Sea Level Rise
Title
My City, Your City [electronic resource] : A Senegalese Mayor Fights Sea Level Rise / TVE International.
Published
New York, N.Y. : Infobase, [2013], c2011.
Physical Description
1 streaming video file (1 video file (26 min.)) : sd., col.
Local Notes
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Notes
Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on March 03, 2013.
Films on Demand is distributed by Infobase for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware.
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Summary
During the annual rainy season in Saint-Louis, one of Senegal's largest cities, thousands of people face upheaval from flood devastation linked to rising sea levels. There are no funds to build a cement sea wall, so the city dumps garbage along its waterfront in an attempt to shield itself. As mayor, Cheikh Bamba Dieye took on the responsibility of protecting his constituents from flooding, but with a severe lack of financial and infrastructural resources, the world stage became his principal weapon. Filmed prior to his appointment as Minister of Regional Planning in Senegal's national government, this program follows Mayor Dieye as he visits the imperiled streets, structures, and beaches of his city and as he travels to Mexico City to address the World Mayors Summit on Climate Change, hoping to focus global attention on the local impact of global warming. A meeting with host mayor Marcelo Ebrard brings out comparisons and contrasts in the ways that urban areas around the world face environmental challenges.
Variant and related titles
Senegalese Mayor Fights SeLevel Rise
Films on demand.
Other formats
Originally produced: TVE International, 2011.
Format
Images / Online / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 20, 2019
System details note
Mode of access: Internet.
System requirements: FOD playback platform.
Audience
6 & up.
Contents
Facing Climate Change in Africa (1:29)
A Vulnerable West African City (3:07)
Ocean Rise Threatens Senegal's Coast (1:43)
A Solution Creates a Problem (2:27)
Senegalese Lives Impacted by Climate Change (1:48)
A Hospital at Risk from Sea Level Rise (1:51)
Appealing to the International Community (1:08)
World Mayors Summit on Climate Change (1:41)
Forging a Senegal-Mexico Municipal Alliance (1:26)
Learning from a Megalopolis (3:31)
Optimism for Cities Fighting against Sea Level Rise. (3:48)
Facing A Planetary Problem (0:58)
Credits: My City, Your City: A Senegalese Mayor Fights Sea Level Rise (0:40)
Videorecording number
52139 Infobase
Subjects
Genre/Form
Educational films.
Internet videos.
Also listed under
Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)
Infobase.
TVE International.
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