| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 212 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Cities and regions: planning, policy and management
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Cities and regions.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Land use -- Israel -- Planning.
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Land use. |
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Israel. |
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Planning. |
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Housing policy -- Israel.
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Housing policy. |
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Urban policy -- Israel.
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Urban policy. |
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Israel -- Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects.
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Emigration and immigration. |
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Social aspects. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Alterman, R. Planning in the face of crisis. London ; New York : Routledge, 2002 (DLC) 2001048421 |
| ISBN |
0415273838 hbk |
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9780415273831 hbk |
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0415273846 pbk |
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9780415273848 pbk |
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0203994043 (electronic book) |
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9780203994047 (electronic book) |
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9786610111176 |
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6610111170 |
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