To what extent do production models shape the physical landscape? And what is their impact on the local population? Enlisting expert opinion of academics, artists and historians, Sabine Gruffat constructs a visual documentation of two emblematic cities - Detroit and Dubai ... to reveal the political, cultural and social ideologies of two distinct eras: Fordist and Post-Fordist. Equally clearly emerge the effects of economic monoculture on the local community. <%YOUTUBE=wdNONJNPOIU%>