Cities located close to borders obviously display an urbanism which differs ultimately from the urbanism of cities that are located more centrally. In our MONU #8 winter issue we aim to explore, reveal and illuminate the condition of such Border Urbanism and invite essays, manifestoes... View full entry

Too little attention is paid to the environmental and wildlife impact of the Mexican border fence reports the NYTimes. View full entry

Temple Mount discovery leads to dispute in Jerusalem / Landmark Criminal Suit Against Waqf for Temple Mount Destruction / Majadle Justifies Destruction of Temple Remains / Israel has no jurisdiction on Temple Mount, says culture minister / (sub-layers: Excavating Religious Politics in Jerusalem... View full entry

In south Beirut, long a Hezbollah stronghold, most of the families have promised to give their rebuilding compensation — about $53,000 each — to Hezbollah to redevelop the devastated area in an ambitious plan likely to bolster Hezbollah's standing.AP View full entry

Los Angeles planning commision has made LEED certification the law for all new buildings larger then 50,000 sf or 50 units. I thought that points were not the point, now they are law? LAtimesThe first recommended measures include wiring buildings for solar-energy systems, using high-efficiency... View full entry

Together, U.S. Border Patrol agents and government engineers, in a nine-week project called Fence Lab, were trying to solve one of the nation's most vexing problems -- how to find fencing strong enough to protect the U.S. from one of the largest human migrations in history but sensitive to the... View full entry

Bob Guskind, editor of the real estate blog, Curbed.com, talks about the re-zoning plan for Coney Island and the mayor's reaction to it. WNYC | previously View full entry

The phenomenon is a side effect of India’s rapid urbanization. As Delhi expands, with half a million new residents moving in every year, the green areas in and around the capital, which for centuries have been the monkeys’ habitat, grow smaller. Their territory encroached on, many... View full entry

Developers with Matches , by Mike Davis (vids / prev / discuss). View full entry

Civil rights leader and environmentalist Van Jones talks about suburban sprawl, race and the future of cities, in this extract from a new book Building the Green Economy: Success Stories from the Grassroots. View full entry

More than 400 veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars have turned up homeless, and the Veterans Affairs Department and aid groups say they are bracing for a new surge in homeless veterans in the years ahead. NYT View full entry

Janette Sadik-Khan , Commissioner of the New York City DOT, and Mark Gorton, president and founder of The Open Planning Project, discussed the future of New York City's streetscape on yesterday's Brian Lehrer Show. WNYC | Last night, it was standing room only as hundreds turned out for the NYC... View full entry

Monocle Magazine selected world's 10 most livable cities. Honolulu, # 9, is the only American city on the list. More multimedia on other cities, mayors, people, transportation etc., via International Herald Tribune View full entry

A driverless car called Boss drove around an urban environment, avoiding other cars, and covering 60 miles (85km) in less than six hours. BBC | Wired View full entry

An excerpt from Romanian philosopher Catalin Avramescu reflects on what modern urbanism tells us about Romanian society. Courrier View full entry