ABSTRACT

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 forged new housing and land-use policies, and applied a streamlined (but controversial) planning law. The outputs were impressive. The outcomes and impacts changed the landscape and human-scape of Israel, heightening dilemmas of land use and urban policy in this high-density country.

chapter |4 pages

Introduction

part 1|39 pages

Theories About Planning During Crises

part 2|23 pages

Land Policy, Housing, and Planning on the Eve of the Crisis

part 3|75 pages

Phases and Modes of Policy Response to the Crisis

chapter 6|4 pages

The Framework

chapter 7|6 pages

Phase I – Shock

chapter 8|7 pages

Phase II – Focusing

The Emergence of Housing as a Lead Issue

chapter 9|16 pages

Phase III – Action

Formulating the Large-Scale Housing Program

chapter 10|11 pages

The Outputs of Action

Housing production

chapter 11|14 pages

Phase IV – Planning

Middle and Long Range

chapter 12|15 pages

Phase V – Post-Crisis Management

part 4|25 pages

The Local Government Perspective

chapter 13|23 pages

Policy Responses at the Local Level

Saying “yes” to Accelerated Growth

part 5|13 pages

Planning in the Face of Crisis

chapter 14|11 pages

Can Planning Help in a Time of Crisis?