Synopsis
Dallas Campbell climbs the world's tallest building and dives beneath Mexico City.
- Programme: Supersized Earth
- Episode: 1: A Place to Live
- Channel: BBC One
- Broadcast year: 2012
- Geography | Globalisation, trade and interdependence | Globalisation and global trade | Impact of global trade
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