A look at mayor Bloomberg's 5 year plan to dramatically reduce homelessness in New York City. NYVoices View full entry
Toyo Ito issues warning to developers and architects in rapidly urbanizing Shanghai during an 800 attendance lecture. | eastday View full entry
The American Planning Association (APA) has released a draft policy guide that is aimed at balancing security issues around anti-terrorism and those aspects of personal freedom that enhance public space. (via Planetizen) View full entry
Lord Richard Rogers writes this great piece for the Guardian on the incompetence of Britain's Urban Planning vision. Fearing the Thames Gateway, possibly the most important urban-regeneration project in Europe, will fail miserably without a proper policy framework for delivering quality design... View full entry
Naples is getting a brand new subway system and now seems to be Italy's center for A-list art shows. Plus, Naples is the hometown of LOT-EK's Ada Tolla and Giuseppe Lignano. Nevertheless, the Economist is unimpressed. View full entry
Latest issues of Monu (Magazine on Urbanism) and The Next American City are out. View full entry
Basque housing authority buys land to build more social housing, rasing the number of units in Zaha Hadid's master plan (news) from 25% to over 50%. source View full entry
An eagerly anticipated read: The Resilient City: How Modern Cities Recover from Disaster. newsweek has a brief. Via | link | related: collection of resilient city lectures at mitworld View full entry
The 2005 Index of Environmental Sustainability ranks countries around the world as protectors of the environment. Guess who came in at the top and where the U.S. fell? (NYT) --- January 24, 2005 Nations Ranked as Protectors of the Environment By FELICITY BARRINGER WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 - Countries... View full entry
The Starbulletin offers this two part series on planning for disaster here in the U.S. and begs an examination of a long term approach rather than citing ways of immediate brace: 1] Researchers try to map out Hawaii's cataclysmic future (Tsunami Attack); 2] Deadly future prompts planning (Risks... View full entry
In the last decade, 140,000 cell towers have sprouted up around the nation, the cellphone industry says, and more are needed to eliminate "dead spots." But in many cities, officials contend the towers are unsightly. And, on occasion, officials have blocked wireless phone companies from erecting... View full entry
more (and photos) of Aqua | slatin report | prev View full entry
Mother Jones and the Guardian on the destiny of this city. View full entry
Lobby group Urban Auckland is targeting one of New Zealand's newest waterfront apartment blocks in its campaign to improve the city's design. l Star Times l via Butter l View full entry
Gothamist vets Mayor Bloomberg's anti-graffiti plan for NYC. View full entry
