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Record Nr.

UNINA9910822282303321

Autore

Alterman R

Titolo

Planning in the face of crisis : land use, housing and mass immigration in Israel / / Rachelle Alterman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2002

ISBN

1-134-48044-X

1-134-48045-8

1-280-11117-8

0-203-99404-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (225 p.)

Collana

Cities and regions: planning, policy and management

Disciplina

333.73/13/095694

Soggetti

Land use - Israel - Planning

Housing policy - Israel

Urban policy - Israel

Israel Emigration and immigration Social aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Cover title : Planning in the face of crisis.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedicated; Contents; Introduction; Theories about planning during crises; 1 Mass immigration and rapid urban growth as crisis situations; 2 Planning theories and the attributes of crisis problems; 3 The attributes of crises as applied to Israel's mass immigration challenge; 4 Introduction to Israel's land housing and urban policies; 5 Introduction to land use planning and development control; 6 The framework; 7 Phase I  Shock; 8 Phase II  Focusing the emergence of housing as a lead issue; 9 Phase III  Action formulating the large scale housing program

10 The outputs of Action housing production11 Phase IV  Planning middle and long range; 12 Phase V  Post crisis management; 13 Policy responses at the local level: saying "yes" to The local government perspective; 14 Can planning help in a time of crisis; Notes; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Critics of urban and regional planning argue that it is best suited to manage incremental change. Can a planner's skills and expertise be effective in handling a major crisis and large-scale change? The mass



immigration from the former Soviet Union to Israel in the 1990s offers the opportunity to study one of the largest-scale (non-disaster) crisis situations in a democratic, advanced-economy country. This book recounts the fascinating saga of how policymakers and planners at both the national and local levels responded to the formidable demand for housing and massive urban growth. Planners fo