Urban Planning Blog

World's Slum Dwellers: More Like Us Than We Think.

This involves painting streets with a high-visiblity mural that creates a public square for residents to gather and one which gently encourages drivers to slow down when approaching these spaces.

Young women in New York and several of the nation’s other largest cities who work full time have forged ahead of men in wages, according to an analysis of recent census data.

Shades of Grey [via]

Global Cities looks at the changing faces of ten dynamic international cities: Cairo, Istanbul, Johannesburg, London, Los Angeles, Mexico City, Mumbai, São Paulo, Shanghai and Tokyo.

The great medieval temple of Angkor Wat in Cambodia was once at the centre of a sprawling urban settlement, according to a new, detailed map of the area.

Less is still more. Minimalism leads to less stress, clutter, and is more appealing.

[via World Architecture News]

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A personal account by Monty C.M Metzger from CScout Trend Consultancy. It is basically a large scale model of the capital city’s layout in preparation for the next year’s summer Olympic games. Not much of a museum.

Source: Looking in at rear windows

Erosion on the floor of the English Channel is revealing the remains of a busy Stone Age settlement, from a time when Europe and Britain were still linked by land.

I am loving the content on Burbia. Check out the rants on Things We Really Don't Like around The 'Neighborhood'.

…or just a huge bird house? [source]

Probably I’m late to the party but I had missed seeing Burbia so far. I love their tagline - Living Life on the Edge…of the Patio.