LA © CoMa
Despite earthquakes, wildfires, traffic jams, smog alerts,
overloaded sewerage systems, failing water and electricity supply, violent gang
wars and riots … people from all over the world still flock to LA. While
hundreds of homeless people live in cardboard homes on the sidewalks of Skid
Row, others pay hundreds of dollars for a new shirt from one of the exclusive
fashion shops along Rodeo Drive. With its composition of 3rd world slum areas
and the most extravagant luxury of the western world, Jewish business districts
and Muslim mosques, black ghettos and Hispanic barrios, hippie cultures and
fanatical sects, LA is not only one of the world's most heterogeneous regions,
it is as such one of the most radical democratic experiments yet to be seen.
sample [2.43MB]
sample [2.43MB]
Oresund © CoMa
As a trans-national region the Öresund Region differs from
many other urban regions. Local discussions often focus on specific historical
or cultural conditions, which either connect or disconnect Danes and Swedes. But
despite common belief Danes and Swedes do not constitute two homogeneous
communities. The Öresund region is populated by people with various social,
cultural and lifestyle affiliations, who tend to group in tribes and ghettos.
sample [930KB]
sample [930KB]
PRD/HK © CoMa
When the Peoples Republic of China regained control of
Hong Kong in 1997, the Pearl River Delta was still a relatively underdeveloped
area, while the GNP of Hong Kong (the colony) had exceeded that of England (the
colonial power). At that time, many people feared that the communist system
would be instated in Hong Kong, but the Chinese have chosen to maintain the
concept of "one country - two systems".
sample [940KB]
sample [940KB]