Greg Morrow takes a look at cities in the Canadian Liberal leadership race, or lack of any mention of them... democraticSPACE View full entry
"Bulldozers have moved in to demolish houses in the Egyptian village of Qurna which sits on top of dozens of pharaonic tombs in Luxor. The Egyptian government is determined to move the 3,200 families of the village to an alternative settlement it has built a few kilometres away." BBC. View full entry
Starrett City, a 140-acre apartment complex built 30 years ago on Jamaica Bay in Brooklyn as an enclave for working-class New Yorkers, is now on the auction block NYT l related View full entry
In the most extensive population study since the deadly storm, the Louisiana Public Health Institute estimated 200,665 people live in Orleans Parish, which comprises the city proper, compared with a 2000 U.S. Census number of 484,674. Reuters View full entry
As reported by the LA Downtown News : "A position specifically tailored for urban design is unprecedented for Los Angeles. While the city Planning Department works with zoning regulations, preservation and housing ordinances, the issue of planning from a designer's perspective has been largely... View full entry
Planetizen is pleased to release its sixth annual list of the ten best books in the planning field. With titles covering some of the most timely issues in planning -- such as the role of planning in the aftermath of disasters, along with the contentious and continuing debate over sprawl and smart... View full entry
Peace Now says nearly 40% of the land (or 1/3rd) the Israeli settlements sit on in the West bank is, according to official data, "effectively stolen" from Palestinian landowners. (BBC) View full entry
William Julius Wilson analyzed several Chicago neighborhoods in his new book There Goes the Neighborhood. Brian Lehrer interviews Wilson on subject of diversity in cities. WNYC View full entry
Even ordinary cities now have global reach, and the greatest of them function as command centres for the global economy. Cities are key switching points for globalizing cultures and organizational centres for social, political, and religious movements. CTheory View full entry
Urban Planet a blog by Steven Johnson Over the next month, I'll explore the many facets of our urban planet and its future, drawing upon the themes that were visible, in embryo, 150 years ago in the streets of London: the peril and promise of density, local knowledge, the importance of public... View full entry
Writer Judith Lewis follows Jessica Hall, a landscape architect, environmentalist and among many other things, a couragous person to unearth the buried creeks of Los Angeles. LA Weekly, via Marlin Watson. View full entry
On the rim of the war zone, a new Mecca of conspicuous consumption and economic crime, under the iron rule of Sheikh al-Maktoum. Skyscrapers half a mile high, artificial archipelagoes, fantasy theme parks””and the indentured Asian labour force that sustains them. Mike Davis in NLR View full entry
Thames Town, on the outskirts of Shanghai, is a quintessential English town complete with cobbled streets, mock Tudor houses and English-style boutiques. One blogger says, "this is a very special place, it is not a theme park, but a real town".blog, 24dash View full entry
No expense was spared when Britain began building its new towns - yet still many residents felt as if they had been sent into exile. Sixty years on, is it time to embrace Basildon, Milton Keynes and co? Jonathan Glancey visits the land of housing estates, roundabouts and concrete cows.Guardian View full entry
Imagine a Manhattan given over to a new Central Park, with a crystalline city floating above it. nyt View full entry
