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In their own words, the stories of the men and women who are the planners, architects, community organizers—the hidden builders—of the modern state of Israel.
This book documents the goals, lives, experiences, and practice of planners, architects, and community organizers who have contributed to the physical and social development of the modern state of Israel. In their own words, these "community builders" share their professional experiences of how they protect and rebuild cities and neighborhoods, how they overcome stereotypes and bureaucratic inertia, how they protect the natural environment and the public health as well. The stories illustrate the practical world of community change in which aesthetics and politics, ethnicity and tradition, commitment and inspiration, hard work and hope all play a part. Students of urban and community life in many countries will be able to draw elements and themes from these particular stories that resonate with their own concerns, experience, and future work.
"After conducting decades of planning research using social science protocols, planning scholars have returned to other forms, including narrative. The stories told in this book offer windows of insight into the world of planning practice. I was especially impressed by the diversity of the respondents and the quality of the interview material. Rare indeed are stories about the building of settlements in Israel that describe in detail how Jews and Arabs collaborate." — Charles J. Hoch, author of What Planners Do: Power, Politics, and Persuasion
"Rich, interesting, engaging stories from people who have done exciting things—creating a nation, engaging ethnic differences, designing places or institutions, planning in crises, and the like." — Howell S. Baum, author of The Organization of Hope: Communities Planning Themselves
Illustrations
Preface
Introduction
PART ONE: Urban Design, Planning, and Architecture
1. From Desert Architecture to Community Planning in Acre
A profile of Ari Rahamimoff
2. Directing Urban Design and Planning in Tel Aviv
A profile of Baruch Yoscovitz
PART TWO: 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
4. Hearing Objections under Israel's Planning and Building Law
A profile of Michael Meyer-Brodnitz
PART THREE: Community Development and Planning
5. Community Organizing and Neighborhood Planning in Jerusalem
A profile of Avner Amiel
6. Neighborhood Planning in Jerusalem
A profile of Sarah Kaminker
7. Program Building and Reconciliation in East Jerusalem
A profile of Farid AbuGhosh
PART FOUR: Making City Planning Wo rk
8. Learning and Practicing the Politics of Planning
A profile of David Janner-Klausner
9. Urban Design in the Shadow of Politics
A profile of Doron Zafrir
10. Planning in an Arab Municipality
A profile of Rassem Khamaisi
PART FIVE: Health Planning
11. HIV/AIDS Planning and Education in the Ethiopian Immigrant Community
A profile of Ronny Shtarkshall
12. Public Health, Epidemiology, and Planning in the West Bank and Gaza
A profile of Ted Tulchinsky
PART SIX: Policy Analysis and Planning
13. The Development of Environmental Planning in Israel
A profile of Valerie Brachya
14. Planning in the Housing Ministry
A profile of Chaim Fialkoff
15. Economic Analysis in Urban Planning
A profile of Ruth Friedman
PART SEVEN: National, Regional, and Urban Planning: The Long View From the Top
16. A Visionary Planner
A profile of Raanan Weitz
17. Directing the Division of National and Regional Plans
A profile of Dina Rachewsky
18. Being Director of Planning in the Ministry of Housing and Building
A profile of Sophia El Dor
Conclusion
References
Index