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CORES
The concept of the urban core dates back
to the 1950s when Jean Gottmann identified
Boswash, a more or less continuous urban
corridor stretching along the American east
coast from Boston to Washington DC. Similar
agglomerations have since been identified
throughout the world. With the exception of
the Eurocore (see page 336), the worlds ten
most populous cores are dominated by at
least one city of over 5 million inhabitants
that acts as a financial and cultural driver.

The proliferation of urban cores found in

Asia and the increasing economic might of
their central cities offer an intriguing look
into both present and future: through its
combination of population density and
GDP growth, it appears that east Asia is
emerging as the worlds demographic
and economic center, an urban core of
global proportions.
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ADVENTURES IN GLOBALISM
1 6,702 US military bases in 41 countries
SOURCE: WWW.DEFENSELINK.MIL/NEWS/JUN2003/BASESTRUCTURE2003.PDF
2 31,295 McDonalds outlets in 119 countries
SOURCE: WWW.MCDONALDS.COM

3 22 Big Brother series in 33 countries

SOURCE:BIGBROTHERWEB.NETFIRMS.COM /FOREIGN.HTM; WWW.ENDEMOL.COM
4 184 IKEA warehouses in 34 countries
SOURCE: WWW.IKEA.COM

5 37 Chinatowns in 13 countries 6 306 astronauts, 124 cosmonauts, and 1 taikonaut in 41 countries

SOURCES:WWW.INDEXCHINA.COM/INDEX-ENGLISH/OVERSEA.HTML SOURCE: WWW.SPACEFACTS.DE

7 127 Indymedia centers in 45 countries 8 730 World Heritage Sites in 129 countries
SOURCE: WHC.UNESCO.ORG
SOURCE: WWW.INDYMEDIA.ORG/

1. The $48 billion increase in U.S.
military spending in 2003 equals
the annual GDP of the United Arab
Emirates (the 68th richest nation on
earth) for the same year.
2. While the number of McDonalds
restaurants continued to grow
between 2002-2003 in the US
(+278) and Europe (+175), the
number in South America grew by
only one, and in South East Asia
declined by 57.
3. Following the success of Big
Brother Africa, the shows first
international version, a pan-Arab
version, Big Brother Middle East,
is planned to air in 2004 on
Bahrain-based Channel 2.
4. With 115 million copies printed,
the IKEA catalogue now has a
larger circulation than the Bible.
5. Approximately 35 million ethnic
Chinese now reside in 144 countries.
6. With the safe return of
Taikonaut Yang Liwei on 15 Oct.
2003, China became the third
nation to send a man into space.
7. Indymedia, founded in 1999 for
the purpose of providing grassroots
coverage of the World Trade
Organization (WTO) protests in
Seattle via the World Wide Web,
has emerged as the primary vehicle
for organizing global political
protests.
8. 35 out of the 730 monuments
nominated for designation as
World Heritage sites, are
considered endangered by
UNESCO.
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COLUMN 1 COLUMN 2

A-Z WORLD
By imposing quantitative analyses according
to almost any conceivable criteria - suicide,
life expectancy, military expense - the world
divides in two with disturbing consistency.
One half, labeled here the A World, is
developed - increasingly old, obsessed
with security, its development carefully
controlled by rules and regulations. The
other, the Z World, is developing - young
and vigorous, yet unstable and disordered.
Certain nations, such as China and Russia,
straddle both worlds, potentially providing
windows to the advantages of both A and Z.
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Overlay Column 1 Overlay Column 2

= A-World = Z-World
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CHANGE IN PASSENGER AIR TRAFFIC

SOURCE: THE IMPACT OF 11 SEPTEMBER ON THE AVIATION INDUSTRY:

TRAFFIC, CAPACITY, EMPLOYMENT AND RESTRUCTURING
WWW.OAG.COM/ABOUT_OAG/COMPANY_INFO/PRESS_RELEASES/US/QUARTERLY0903UK.ASP

TRANSATLANTIC WANING, EURASIAN GAINING

FLIGHTS
While air travel in the west, particularly the
US, came to a near stand-still following
September 11, eastern routes, particularly
those centered around SE Asia, continued to
flourish. Two years later, as Asia fell into the
grips of SARS hysteria, the Asian airline
industry suffered losses more devastating
than 9-11 had been for the west.
As The US and Asia attempt to recover,
Europe, Africa, and South America -
relatively unaffected by either event - now
appear by default to have the healthiest
markets for air travel.

YEAR ON YEAR CHANGE IN PASSANGER AIR TRAFFIC

Oct
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PROTEST
Today, the freshest political ideas are
coming from two very different sources: the
activist left and the establishment right. The
left is fueled by a loose network of activist
groups; their preferred method: massive
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RIGHT WING THINK TANKS
demonstrations, organized largely through
the Net. On 15 February 2003, groups like
Attac, Peoples Global Action and United for
Peace and Justice orchestrated F15, the first
ever global protest against war in Iraq.
On the right, think tanks are a hub
of activity. A new conservatism is flowing
from a network of policy shops, where the
free exchange of both business cards and
ideas is transforming governments in
America, Europe, and Asia.
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LEFT WING ACTION TANKS

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AMO ATLAS THEO DEUTINGER, DANIEL DENDRA, MAMMEN ESCORILHUELLA, REINIER DE GRAAF,
NANNE DE RU, MARKUS SCHFER, MAX SCHWITALLA,SEBASTIAN THOMAS

Leg 1: Flight IB77440

from Madrid to Lima.
Leg 2: Trip to Machu
Picchu, the famous
Lost City of the Incas.
Leg 3: Trip to Cuzco,
former capital of the
Inca empire.
Leg 4: Flight IB6651
from Lima to Madrid.

3.094 refugee deaths while attempting to enter "Fortress

Europe" between 1993-2003 Leg 1: Flight KL747
SOURCE: WWW.UNITED.NON-FIT.NL/PDFS/LISTOFDEATHS.PDF from Lima to Madrid.
Leg 2: Travel to La
Rioja, Almeria,
ENTER AND EXIT
Valencia by car or
FORTRESS EUROPE
train, seeking work as
The European Union is characterized by a the same rigidity.
fruit picker in the
paradox: a graying society with negligible For the horrifying trips to the EU,
vineyards, orange
space for economic growth, it is certain to immigrants pay a high price - sometimes
groves and
face profound problems in maintaining its the highest. Between 1993 and 2003, more
horticultural centers.
pension system in the future; at the same than 3,094 refugees (including 600
time, European politicians are encouraging Europeans) have died in the attempt to
the construction walls both virtual and enter the European Union.
physical - to prevent the introduction of At the same time, for EU members seeking
young, foreign labor. Exclusion is applied to adventure in exotic locales travel has
all non-members of the Union with almost never been easier or cheaper.

1.Gibraltar Strait
swimming competition
2. Suspected migrant
found dead in the
waters off the coast of
Algeciras by Spanish
police
2
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Leg 1: Flight MA673 Leg 1: Travelling in

from Berlin to the back of a small
Budapest. bus to the Hungarian
Leg 2: Three nights in border.
Hotel Medosz in the Leg 2: Crossing of the
center of Budapest, Hungarian-Austrian
incl. breakfast. border at night on
Leg 3: Flight MA670 foot.
from Budapest Leg 3: Train journey to Leg 1: Flight BA423
to Berlin. Berlin. from Amsterdam to
Kathmandu via
London and Abu
Dhabi.
Leg 2: Explore
Kathmandu.
Leg 3: Travel to
Sunauli for a stay in a
comfortable lodge.
Leg 4: Train trip to
Delhi through the
vast Indian plains.
Leg 1: Flight TK1828 Leg 5: Flight OS034
from Paris to Istanbul. from Delhi to
Leg 2: An 8 day / 7 Amsterdam via
night tour of Iran, Vienna.
visiting historical and
cultural places Leg 1: Flight AF1590
around the country. from Delhi to
Leg 1: Flight AZ7910 Leg 3: Flight TK1825 Sarajevo via
from Naples to Lagos from Teheran to Paris. Instanbul.
via Milan or London.
Leg 2:
Leg 2: Three night
Leg 1: Seven days by Two options: leave
stay at the Accor
foot to Ranya, Iran. for European capitals
Hotel Sofitel the
Leg 2: Two days in the by hiding in the backs
Moorhouse Ikoyi in a
back of a truck, then of vehicles or cross
standard room with
18 hours in a van the Bosnian border
one double-sized bed.
through Turkey. on foot.
Leg 3: Flight BA74
from Lagos to Naples Leg 3: Cross the
via London or Milan. Ergene river by boat.
Leg 4: Seven days by
foot to Thesalonica, WWW.OPODO.CO.UK
Leg 1: Flight BA0074 Greece. WWW.RESORT-DEALS.COM
from Lagos to Naples Leg 5: Train journey WWW.BUDGETTRAVEL.COM
via Tunis and Rome. Thesalonica- Athens. WWW.EBOOKERS.COM

Leg 2: Travel from Leg 6: Hidden in a

Rome to Naples by ferry to Bari, Italy,
car with the promise then several trains to
of cleaning or Calais, France.
waitressing work.

3. Paris to Beijing classic

transcontinental vintage
car race
4. Refugees discovered
hiding amongst cargo at
the German Polish border
of Grlitz