Short view over a city in outline of plot (8)
I believe the answer is:
scenario
'outline of plot' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'short view over a city' is the wordplay.
'short view over' becomes 'scena' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'a city' becomes 'rio' (Rio de Janeiro).
'scena'+'rio'='SCENARIO'
'in' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for scenario that I've seen before include "Projected plan of action" , "plotting for a film" , "Iron case (anag)" , "play's outline" , "expected sequence of events" .)