1st Edition

Shaping Jerusalem Spatial planning, politics and the conflict

By Francesco Chiodelli Copyright 2017
158 Pages
by Routledge

158 Pages
by Routledge

158 Pages
by Routledge

Shaping Jerusalem: Spatial planning, politics and the conflict focuses on a hidden facet of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict; the relentless reshaping of the Holy City by the Israeli authorities through urban policies, spatial plans, infrastructural and architectural projects, land use and building regulations. From a political point of view, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict may appear to be... Read more

Acknowledgements

Preface

1. The spatial dimension of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict over Jerusalem

2. The occupied city: planning the occupation of East Jerusalem

3. The illegal city: urban policies for Arab neighbourhoods in East Jerusalem

4. The locked city: the separation Barrier as territorial strategy

5. The lesson of Jerusalem

Biography

Francesco Chiodelli is a researcher at the Gran Sasso Science Institute (Italy), where he teaches on the doctoral programme in Urban Studies. His research deals with the social effects of space regulation, with a specific focus on problems of tolerance, informality and transgression. His papers have appeared in several international scientific journals, such as Planning Theory, Town Planning Review, Land Use Policy, Geoforum, Journal of Urban Affairs, European Planning Studies, Cities and Urban Research and Practice.