ICELAND // REGIONS

POPULATION P/KM2

SCAR#1PEOPLE >> DENSITY

TOTAL POPULATION >> 319,000

VIEW FROM HALLGRIMSKIRKJA // REYKJAVIK VIEW FROM ST PAUL’S CATHEDRAL // LONDON

DENSITY // REYKJAVIK

POPULATION P/KM2 2000

0.1

TOTAL POPULATION >> 319,000

VIEW FROM ST PAUL’S CATHEDRAL // LONDON

SCARCITY // AD // ICELAND INITIATIVESThe number of housing areas across the RCA with buildings at different stages of construction was amplified by the competition between municipalities with their own local agendas. The bigger the area the municipalities planned and the more amenities they were able to offer, the more tax revenue they could harvest to service the community.

URBAN FLOTSAM // CHORASystem boundaries sometimes coincide with political boundaries, more often they do not. The edge is vague, lacks identity and as a liminal zone it separates quite distinct geographical entities.

SCAR#2 INDUSTRY >> DIVERSITY

SCAR#3TRADE >> SELF-SUFFICIENCY