Plans and projects for Jerusalem, Jerusalem East and Palestina, Tel Aviv
by Ariane Sept & Planum Staff


Planum chose to devote this best site to Jerusalem, to Jerusalem East and Palestinian Territory, to Tel Aviv, because they are cities and places important for all the humans' history and because to talk about plans, about projects and about the future is our way to talk about peace.
Planum staff remains at the disposal of the readers for observations about this review; send your comments to staff@planum.net or post it in Planum Forum
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Jerusalem Municipality

Nachalat Shiv'a

Official homepage of the municipality Jerusalem with many links and information about current projects.
http://www.jerusalem.muni.il/jer_main/
f1_main.asp?lng=2

Sustainable Jerusalem

"The unique character and beauty of Jerusalem is being destroyed. The environment and the quality of life are deteriorating. The municipal planning system is floundering." The site presents visions and plans for a sustainable Jerusalem.

http://www.sustainable-jerusalem.org.il/
jerusaleme/jerusaleme.html

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Plaza Hotel

"What does a teenager in a Berlin pub and a teenager in a Jerusalem pub have in common?" The Berlin-Jerusalem project will join high school students from both countries in order to study their respective urban environments and sustainable issues.
http://sustainable.jerusalem.muni.il/

"The path to peace" - nice page about cycling in Jerusalem that presents also a future bike route in pictures.
http://www.bike.org.il/jm/


Planning the country
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The Jerusalem Light Railway Project is a current transportation project that will radically transform downtown Jerusalem.
http://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/go.asp?MFAH0l880

Herzl Boulevard - current situation and vision

Ashdod - Hamarina

The Israel Land Administration (ILA) is the government agency responsible for managing the public land which is 93% of the land in Israel. The site presents current projects of the ILA.
http://www.mmi.gov.il/Envelope/indexeng.asp


Urbanism in Jerusalem East and Palestina

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The web site of the Palestinian Academic Society for the Study of International Affairs (PASSIA) has a section dedicated to Jerusalem urban history.
http://www.passia.org/jerusalem/Jerusalem.htm


City Centre of Ramallah

Urbanism in Palestine - summery of some research projects in Palestine, presented by the Palestinian Refugee and Diaspora Centre. http://www.shaml.org/agenda/2002/urbanism_in_palestine.htm


East Jerusalem: A Case Study in Political Planning
an article by Sarah Kaminker published by the Palestinina Ministry of Information.
http://www.minfo.gov.ps/jerusalem/jerus9.htm
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The Palestinian Energy and Environment Research Center (PEC) established in December 1993 in Jerusalem, with the support of SYNERGY program of the European Union. The Projects page presents initiatives for Jerusalem and for other territories.
http://www.palnet.com/~perc/
projects/projects.htm

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The General Directorate for Physical Planning/Physical Planning and Institutional Building Unit -PPIB- of the Palestinian Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation (MOPIC) presents a reports & publications web page. The Directorate aims to develop a modern, well functioning and sustainable physical planning process in Palestine.
http://www.mopic.gov.ps/planning/
publications.asp

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B'TSELEM, the Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories, web site has a section devoted to Planning and Building in the Occupied Territories. B'Tselem is an Israeli human rights organization.
http://www.btselem.org/English/Planning_&_Building/index.asp


Tel Aviv
Phantsies for Tel Aviv - Yafo


Interesting graduation thesis about Tel Aviv with many information about
history and urbanism in Tel Aviv and Yafo. It tades mainly a project in
the zone between Tel Aviv and Yafo.
(only German language)
http://www.baunetz.de/arch/archplus/154/
tel_aviv_c.htm

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Nice article about town planning and problems in Tel Aviv, some links to other interesting articles about the topic. (only German language) . http://www.hagalil.com/archiv/2000/07/tel-aviv.htm

The city of Tel Aviv is literally an open museum of the International Style in architecture. Twenty of the most typical buildings are presented here as they were photographed in the 1930s, looking their best, shortly after they were construced. Today, most of them are in urgent need of restoration.
http://www.interart.co.il/bauhaus/


Talking about regional issues and peace

Bitterlemons.org - Palestinian Israeli Crossfire

Bitterlemons.org is a website that presents Israeli and Palestinian viewpoints on prominent issues of concern. It focuses on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and peace process, but other, related regional issues are also discussed. It draws financial support from the European Union and additional philanthropic sources based outside the region.It is produced, edited and partially written by Ghassan Khatib, a Palestinian professor, and Yossi Alpher, an Israeli writer.
http://www.bitterlemons.org


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