Marr examines Shanghai's growth and the isolation of Tokyo. He also spends the night in a Dhaka slum, and finds Mexico City a friendly and livable place despite its crime, pollution, and congestion.
Marr takes a driving course in the kidnap capital of the world and volunteers for the London police's riot unit. In Tokyo, situated on three of the world's most unstable geological fault lines, he learns how locals plan for disaster.
Marr pedals a rickshaw taxi in Dhaka, flies with Mexico City's airborne traffic cops, and rides a high-speed magnetic railroad in Shanghai. He also finds out what London's fast food obsession is doing to it's Victorian-era sewers.
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What is the English language plot outline for Andrew Marr's Megacities (2011)?