Israeli planners and designers : profiles of community builders / edited by John Forester, Raphaël Fischler, and Deborah Shmueli.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Forester, John, 1948-

Fischler, Raphael.

Shmueli, Deborah.

Series:

SUNY series in oral and public history

SUNY series in Israeli studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

City planning--Israel.

City planning.

Community development.

Israel.

Community development--Israel.

Physical Description:

xii, 382 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, [2001]

Contents:

Part 1 Urban Design, Planning, and Architecture

1. From Desert Architecture to Community Planning in Acre: A profile of Ari Rahamimoff 17

2. Directing Urban Design and Planning in Tel Aviv: A profile of Baruch Yoscovitz 31

Part 2 Changing Land Use Plans: Controversies Big and Small

3. Planning and Building from Israel's Early Days to the Present: A profile of David Best 51

4. Hearing Objections under Israel's Planning and Building Law: A profile of Michael Meyer-Brodnitz 79

Part 3 Community Development and Planning

5. Community Organizing and Neighborhood Planning in Jerusalem: A profile of Avner Amiel 101

6. Neighborhood Planning in Jerusalem: A profile of Sarah Kaminker 115

7. Program Building and Reconciliation in East Jerusalem: A profile of Farid AbuGhosh 139

Part 4 Making City Planning Work

8. Learning and Practicing the Politics of Planning: A profile of David Janner-Klausner 167

9. Urban Design in the Shadow of Politics: A profile of Doron Zafrir 193

10. Planning in an Arab Municipality: A profile of Rassem Khamaisi 205

Part 5 Health Planning

11. HIV/AIDS Planning and Education in the Ethiopian Immigrant Community: A profile of Ronny Shtarkshall 223

12. Public Health, Epidemiology, and Planning in the West Bank and Gaza: A profile of Ted Tulchinsky 249

Part 6 Policy Analysis and Planning

13. The Development of Environmental Planning in Israel: A profile of Valerie Brachya 271

14. Planning in the Housing Ministry: A profile of Chaim Fialkoff 285

15. Economic Analysis in Urban Planning: A profile of Ruth Friedman 299

Part 7 National, Regional, and Urban Planning: The Long View from the Top

16. A Visionary Planner: A profile of Raanan Weitz 315

17. Directing the Division of National and Regional Plans: A profile of Dina Rachewsky 329

18. Being Director of Planning in the Ministry of Housing and Building: A profile of Sophia El Dor 347.

Notes:

Includes bibliographic references (pages 371-374) and index.

ISBN:

0791450589

0791450570

OCLC:

46969920