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Jakarta (Urban Studies Reading List)
Jakarta Indonesian Urban Blog | September 6th 2008 by Thomas Belfield
University of Indonesia, 2008 The journal articles on the Urban Studies Reading List are a small sample of the hundreds of scholarly articles written about Jakarta, Indonesia, and Southeast Asia in a given year. This list presents examples of th read more
The problem with subsidies
Raționalitate | September 5th 2008 by Stephen
From the NYT, an article that is recommended reading in light of recent campaign promises to shore up the environment with subsidies. Apparently a practice that was hip among the green scene – putting small turbines in urban areas – is highly in read more
Arpilleras: Market Scenes and Political Protest
Fiber Focus | September 5th 2008 by Rayela Art
Market Scene arpillera from Earthlink Handcrafts, $45from the artisans from CIAP PeruThis beautifully crafted Arpillera is made by a group of womenfrom the Kuyanakuy Artisans Assoc.They live in the marginalised areas of LimaThis scene depicts their read more
Danger - One in Three Public Schools Hazardous to Children’s’…
ecochildsplay | September 5th 2008 by Jennifer Lance
A new report, One-third of schools built in air pollution danger zones, released this month found that one third of public schools are built within 400 meters of a major highway. Great- you might think – easy access right? Well yes, easy access but read more
The Brain Drain
Blogosphere of Sri Lanka | September 2nd 2008 by Niro
Last Wednesday, Anila Banradanike's column for FT focused on Sri Lanka's 'Brain Drain' particularly among urban youth. She complains, rightly, that there are no credible statistics available on how many people go abroad for studies. I agree, all I c read more
Firefly Population Dwindling Worldwide
Quantum Spirit | September 1st 2008 by Gregory LeFever
Scientists are researching reports coming in from around the world that firefly populations are rapidly dwindling. The villains again appear to be urban sprawl and industrial pollution.Researchers in the US and Europe are speculating that the spread read more
Latest issue of Adaptation now available online
Internet: Marketing and Messages | September 1st 2008 by stefan
LATEST ISSUE OF ADAPTATION NOW ONLINEAdaptation, The Journal of Literature on Screen Studies, is a new journal in 2008, edited by Deborah Cartmell, Timothy Corrigan and Imelda Whelehan. The latest issue is now available online.TABLE OF CONTENTSVolume read more
Weekend Reading: Jane Jacobs, Agglomeration, Farms, NIMBY Songs
Market Urbanism | August 29th 2008 by APH
During my early college studies in Architecture and Urban Design, I became loosely familiar with the ideas of Jane Jacobs, one of the most celebrated urbanist intellectuals. Sanford Ikeda’s FEE lectures have inspired me to learn more abou read more
Undisputed
Soiled Sinema | August 25th 2008 by Maq
As a rabid fan of cinema, my knowledge of film knows no bounds. I watch at least 1 film a day, regardless if I'm even at work. In my frequent studies, I have generated an endless repertoire of cinema related know-hows and likings. What started as a l read more
Huggins proposed a chronic offender law local to Nashville to all…
Stone Soup Station | August 25th 2008 by Steve
Why is it that we repeatedly return to the miserable failure of incarceration instead of focusing on and applying the most effective solutions - treatment and/or housing of our chronic inebriates and addicts?Clearly drug/alcohol treatment is far more read more
Blacks Debate Civil Rights Risk in Obama’s Rise
The Whig | August 25th 2008 by Septimus
Barack Obama has received overwhelming support from black voters, many of whom believe he will help bridge the nation’s racial divide. But even as they cheer him on, some black scholars, bloggers and others who closely follow the race worry that Mr read more
China: Beijing
Movements | August 17th 2008 by zhiqi
Current reading: Beijing TimeThis book relates about Beijing's tumultuous transformations & many deep studies of both its urban form and experience to the contemporary Beijing of today. Kinda interesting. read more
Is Venice is sinking?
Is It So? | August 16th 2008 by Rangan Badri
Venice-my dream destination since I read a book by James Hadley Chase almost 35 years before.Water has got a great power of attraction-isn't so?Now, is Venice sinking? Doe people believe in it?If people believe it, it is not based on facts says "Fabi read more
Jesus: More Radical than Obama!???
ARRA News Service | August 15th 2008 by OzarkGuru
What Would Jesus Do? Well, it depends on who you ask. According to Dr. Marc Lamont Hill, the Son of God and Author of life would be in favor of suctioning viable babies from their mothers' wombs and killing them. On last night's interview with Bill O read more
Bikers and Erectile Dysfunction
Alluricious Blog | August 10th 2008 by allure
There are so many people who ride bikes today, instead of using their own cars, to go to their work. Since time immemorial, some believed that if young women would ride bikes, they could lose their virginity. I do not know if that is an urban legend read more
Alternative learning and livelihood for
DepEdteacher | August 9th 2008 by Jobette Escobanas
Education Secretary Jesli Lapus approved recently a proposal that would opena window for alternative learning and livelihood training among Muslim out-ofschoolyouth and adult migrants through the Department of Education’s (DepEd)Alternative Learnin read more
Be the change
(Sh)It Happens | August 7th 2008 by Sid G
Sridhar has a friend who studies in a medical college in Chennai. She and a group of other students have decided to take up the herculean task of changing people's lives. They have 'adopted' an urban slum near their college and are now working for it read more
How to Avoid Pain at the Pump
Ki's Austin Real Estate Blog | August 7th 2008
Rising gas prices along with general increases in cost of living across the board are forcing many people to tighten their budgets and cut excess spending. In order to maintain a certain standard of living, people everywhere are looking for new ways read more
Jerusalem building on preservation list demolished
Israel Real Estate Blog News | August 6th 2008 by moti levy
A historic building on Harav Kook Street in downtown Jerusalem was demolished, even though it has been on the city's preservation list since 1968. The demolishing is a severe blow to the city's unique urban fabric. The building, built in the 1920s se read more
Role of state medical boards in disciplining physicians
Advocate Yourself | August 5th 2008
A study was commissioned by the Bush Administration in 2005 to assess the role of medical state licensing boards in physician discipline. Okay. Fine use of taxpayer dollars. Now what?In 2005 experts commissioned by the Bush Administration to asses read more
Interesting excerpts from various AIDS studies
The Black Informant | August 4th 2008
From: Condom use behaviours among 18–24 year-old urban African American males: a qualitative study II. Condom use behaviours General views. Most participants described the reasons for and benefits of condom use in terms of pregnancy and disease pre read more
From the ground up
Flint Expatriates | July 29th 2008
If you need to create a new city with the population density of Manhattan on a fake island just off the Persian Gulf, Rem Koolhaas has a plan for you. (Photo via Archinect)Flint Expatriates talks a lot about cities in decline, but what about cities read more
CfP: Urban Studies, Studia Socilogie
10 Academic Resources Daily | July 28th 2008 by Radu Iliescu
Dear all, The Editorial Board of Studia Sociologia launches the invitation for submitting manuscripts for its June 2009 special issue: "Restructuring the Postsocialist City. Global Networks and... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website read more
These DIY Magazines Can Help You Be Self-Reliant
Wise Bread | July 26th 2008 by Will Chen
By Linsey KnerlEveryone’s looking to become less dependent on the traditional economy. As we wean ourselves from manufactured luxuries and discover ways to create for ourselves, it can be difficult finding where to start. This handful of print ma read more
Beijing Olympic Shutdown
ur best blog | July 20th 2008 by Ryan
Beijing’s Olympic shutdown begins, a drastic plan to lift the Chinese capital’s gray shroud of pollution just three weeks ahead of the games.Half of Beijing’s 3.3 million vehicles will be pulled off the roads and many polluting factories will b read more
No Title
Postmodern Homestead | July 16th 2008
“Country, the City Version: Farms in the Sky Gain New Interest” -NY Times To be honest, I'm not sure how I feel about this. Suffice it to say that no matter how impractical something may be, having the idea and passion, I think, is always benefi read more
Cities Are More Important than Countries
arhitext - architecture in romania and not only | July 15th 2008 by ARHITEXT
IHS, Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies, is celebrating its 50th anniversaryIHS is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. IHS was founded in Rotterdam after the Second World War, during the post-war reconstruction of the city. A read more
Learning Cities in a Knowledge-based Society
Georden | July 12th 2008 by georden
Learning Cities in a Knowledge-based Society Conference 9-11 October 2008, Milan, ItalyDepartment of Architecture and Planning, Politecnico di Milano in collaboration with the Department of Sociology and Social Research of the Faculty of Sociology, U read more
JACARANDA
New Verse News, The | July 11th 2008
by W.M. YazbecEverything sounds likes trouble. There’s onlysounds of agony or displeasure at the pool in my L.A.courtyard. Children scream a lot. And then at night—late, everything seems to gain a calm like the omnipresentsnails on the sidewalk h read more
An Evening with Charles Landry: Creating a Crisis of Aspiration
The Paragon Muse | July 9th 2008 by Drew
To say that Charles Landry is excited about city building is an understatement. He entertained and informed a standing room only crowd last night at the Trustees Gardens’ Charles H.Morris Center with stories, case studies and ideas from cities read more