Politics and Planning in the Holy City

Informationen zum Autor Ira Sharkansky Klappentext 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. This book describes and analyzes the tensions between politics and planning. Zusammenfassung Jerusalem is not just another city that illustrates the conflict between interests of professional planners and competing political perspectives Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Economic, Social, and Political Contexts of Planning in Jerusalem; 2: Which Jerusalem? A Consideration of Concepts and Borders; 3: Is This a Way to Build a Barrier? Sophisticated Construction and Cumbersome Politics; 4: Planning a Railroad to Jerusalem: “Professional Considerations” + “Political Considerations” = “An Old and Slow Line”; 5: A New Light Rail in an Old and Crowded City; 6: Creating a Football Stadium: A Play in Two Acts; 7: Making Provisions for New Immigrants; 8: Too Many Worthy Projects: Preservation and Development in Jerusalem

Product details

• Authors: Gedalia Auerbach, Gedalia Sharkansky Auerbach, IRA Sharkansky
• Assisted by: Ron Christenson (Editor), Christenson Ron (Editor), IRA Sharkansky (Editor), Sharkansky Ira (Editor)
• Publisher: Transaction Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.07.2007
• EAN: 9780765803818
• ISBN: 978-0-7658-0381-8
• No. of pages: 260
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political theories and the history of ideas; RELIGION / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Middle Eastern, Middle East, Religion & beliefs, Political science & theory, Urban & municipal planning, Political science and theory, Religion and beliefs, Urban and municipal planning and policy