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It is pointed out that while states are based on national identity, big cities are heterogenous in their ethnic & social composition, which is exactly what gives them the advantage over states in today's cosmopolitan & global world. The intellectual strength & innovative creativity are the foundations from which the economic & cultural strengths of big cities arise. Cities are the laboratories at which the future organizational forms of human civilization are being developed & tested. Historically, the city precedes the nation-state, however, this antiquity does not prevent the city to represent today a more modern formation of social life than the traditional state. Authoritarian state governments mistrust big cities because they are complex & difficult to control, & also because megacities are interested in being cosmopolitan more than peddle chauvinism. The principal difference between a state & a city is that the latter is built on commerce & organization & thus can better meet the economic needs of its residents & respond more quickly to their everyday needs. In many states, there is a certain degree of alienation separating big cities from the rest of the country, often manifested in outlook, attitudes, morals, or ideology differences. Z. Dubiel

In den Metropolen und den neu entstandenen Metropolen-Regionen wie Rhein-Ruhr bündeln sich unterschiedlichste Lebensstile. Gleichzeitig sind sie Kristallisationspunkte der Entwicklung und Umsetzung technologischen Fortschritts: Laboratorien der Moderne. Im Zentrum dieses Bandes stehen die Fragen, welche kulturellen, sozialen und ökonomischen Entwicklungen die Städte in Zukunft prägen werden und welche Rolle dabei die modernen Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologien spielen.