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1 online resource (149 pages) |
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Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Figures; Introduction: Between Politics and Planning, Politicians and Planners ; 1 Economic, Social, and Political Contexts of Planning in Jerusalem; Israel: A Metropolitan Nation-State; The National Metropolis; Issues with Implications for National and Local Governments; Government that is Formally Centralized, but Something Else in Practice; 2 Which Jerusalem? A Consideration of Concepts and Borders; Multiple Designations of Jerusalem -- Which Locale of Jerusalem?; Expanding the Municipal Boundaries |
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The Political Significance of Numerous JemsalemsWhat's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.; 3 Is This a Way to Build a Barrier? Sophisticated Construction and Cumbersome Politics; Borders and Barriers; A Battier; Between Israel and the West Bank; Landmarks on the way to Constructing the Barrier; The Barrier in the Area of Jerusalem; 4 Planning a Railroad to Jerusalem: Professional Considerations + Political Considerations = An Old and Slow Line -- History; Deciding about a New Rail Line to Jerusalem; Postures of the Major Participants |
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Israel RailroadMinistry of Transportation; Ministry of Finance; Environmental Activists; Jerusalem Municipality and Authority for the Development of Jerusalem; Analyzing the Decisions and the Planning Process; Ministry of Finance; Ministry of Transportation; Prime Minister; Environmental Activists; Jerusalem Municipality; When is the Next Train to Jerusalem? Will it be Faster than the Bus?; 5 A New Light Rail in an Old and Crowded City; A Historical Survey; Transportation in Jerusalem; Planning the Light Rail; What about Public Transportation that Already Exists?; Oops! |
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Years of Planning, But as yet no Trams or Even Rails6 Creating a Football Stadium: A Play in Two Acts; Act One: Teddy Kollek Could Not Build a Stadium Where the Ultra-Orthodox Wanted to Live; Act Two: Building a Stadium; 7 Making Provisions for New Immigrants; Responding to a Crisis with Mobile Homes (Caravans); Jerusalem; 8 Too Many Worthy Projects: Preservation and Development in Jerusalem; Competing for Parts of the Holy City; Jerusalem Paradoxes; Fuzzy Criteria; Jerusalem's Showcases; A Partial List of Problematic Sites; Generous but Insufficient Financing |
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The International Politics of Preserving and Developing JerusalemEpilogue: Planning and Politics in Jerusalem; Appendix; Index |
| Summary |
"Jerusalem is not just another city that illustrates the conflict between interests of professional planners and competing political perspectives. It is the Holy City, with a history of some 3,000 years. Moreover, numerous layers of historical remains have importance for intense and competitive religious and national interests. Israelis claim it as the capital of their country, and Palestinians want it--or part of it--as the capital of their not yet created state. Jerusalem is also a place where more than 700,000 people live, and the center of a metropolitan area with more than twice that number. Along with religious and national interests, there are the customary conflicts between what various groups--property developers, politicians, professional planners, neighborhood residents, and environmental activists--want to do with the land. Politics and Planning in the Holy City describes and analyzes the tensions between politics and planning. The authors tackle the economic, social, and political contexts that shape conflicts. Such problems include deciding what should be called Jerusalem and difficulties surrounding the construction of a defense barrier to protect Israelis from Palestinian terrorists--in the framework of a multicultural city where 30 to 40 percent of its residents are Palestinians. There is dissent over locating rail lines to the city, as some interests want them here, there, or nowhere, and over building a light rail line within a city already crowded and beset with conflicting interests. The creation of a football stadium is another venue for conflict, as many religious Jews view sports as a threat to their way of life. Issues include locating a site for housing new immigrants, as few Jerusalemites want large numbers of newcomers in their neighborhoods, and deciding which sites merit preservation in a city with many deserving candidates, but severely limited resources. This volume will attract urban specialists as well as those concerned with larger p"--Provided by publisher |
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Print version record |
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City planning -- Jerusalem
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Transportation and state -- Jerusalem
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City planning
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Ethnic relations
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Politics and government
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Social policy
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Transportation and state
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Jerusalem -- Politics and government -- 21st century
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Jerusalem -- Social policy
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Jerusalem -- Ethnic relations
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Middle East -- Jerusalem
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781351498456 |
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1351498452 |
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