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Planning in the Face of Crisis: Land Use, Housing, and Mass Immigration in Israel book cover

1st Edition

Planning in the Face of Crisis Land Use, Housing, and Mass Immigration in Israel

By Rachelle Alterman Copyright 2002
224 Pages
by Routledge

224 Pages
by Routledge

224 Pages
by Routledge
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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... Read more
Part I: Theories about Planning During Crises. Part II: Land Policy, Housing, and Planning on the Eve of the Crisis. Part III: Phases and Modes of Policy Response to the Crisis. Part IV: The Local Government Perspective. Part V: Planning in the Face of Crisis.

Biography

Rachelle Alterman is Professor and Head of the Graduate Programme in Urban and Regional Planning in the Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning at the Israel Institute of Technology, Technion, Haifa, Israel. She is also holder of the David Azrieli Chair.

'Alterman illustrates that there really is not anything quite as practical as a good theory. Profeesor Alterman displays considerable knowledge of European and North American Planning. Planning in the Face of Crisis makes a significant contribution to the theory of planning. Much can be gleaned that should be helpful to other situations.'  Frederick Steiner, Journal of Planning Education and Research

'Taken as a whole, this is a very readable and well-illustrated book that provides much food for thought about the ways in which we deal with unexpected events.' - Duncan Sim, Planning Perspectives

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