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Planning in the face of crisis : land use, housing and mass immigration in Israel /

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...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Alterman, Rachelle
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 2002.
Series:Cities and regions.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of 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.