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| Jerusalem: Facts and Trends 2007 / 2008 |
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This publication presents an up-to-date and concise picture of Jerusalem and trends for change that have taken
place in a broad range of spheres, including population, employment, education, tourism and construction.... |
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| Eco-Innovation in Industrial Firms |
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Over the past two decades a major change took place in Israel's industry – it significantly reduced its industrial pollution and decreased the gap between Israel and most Western countries in this field.... |
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| The Disengagement Plan – An Idea Shattered |
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The disengagement from Gaza and northern Samaria was one of the most traumatic events in the history of the State of Israel. For the first time since the Six-Day War, the government of Israel decided on a unilateral disengagement from territories occupied in the Six-Day War, unconditionally and without an agreement.... |
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| A Policy for the Preservation and Development of the Upper Kidron Valley (Wadi Naar) - the Visual Basin of the Old City of Jerusalem |
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The Upper Kidron Valley is the subject of this study. The area contains most
of Jerusalem's historic landmark sites and many of the holiest sites of the three
monotheistic religions – Judaism, Christianity and Islam. The area's religious,
historic and archaeological importance is enhanced by its prominent location,
breathtaking landsc... |
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| Enforcement of Environmental Regulations: Increasing the Effectiveness of Environmental Protection Policies |
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This study proposes a method of judging the effectiveness environmental compliance and enforcement (ECE) efforts. It works through the goals and objectives of environmental enforcement and compliance regimes, as well as the exercise of enforcement tools, to architect a framework of indicators and an index that provides the data required to assess t... |
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| Changes in Israel’s Countryside and Agriculture: the Opinions of Residents of Central Israel’s Countryside |
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Israel's countryside and agricultural land has undergone many changes in the past twenty years. The countryside in central Israel has been exposed to extremely heavy land development pressures. These pressures have had far-reaching consequences which are expressed in changes in employment patterns and the reallocation of agricultural land for ... |
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| Invasive plant species in Israel’s natural areas: Distribution, stages of invasion, degrees of ecological threat and a tool for prioritizing control of invasive plant populations. |
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This research addresses the issue of alien invasive and naturalized plant species in natural and semi-natural areas in Israel. Previous research on alien plant taxa in Israel focused on agriculture weeds (Dafni & Heller, 1980,1990), whereas botanical notes and surveys (Danin, 2000, 2004) only mentioned the presence of some alien taxa without fu... |
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| From Jerusalem to Mecca and Back: The Islamic Consolidation of Jerusalem |
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Since 1967, when Israel took over East Jerusalem with its Old City and sacred
places, the Islamic perspective of Jerusalem has changed dramatically. A Muslim campaign for liberating Jerusalem from Israeli control was launched in August 1969 following the fire, which was started by an Australian non-Jewish tourist to the structure of the al-Aqsa Mo... |
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| Indicators for Sustainable Development in Israel - Second Phase. |
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Sustainable development policy in Israel aims to respond to the development needs of a progressive, modern and egalitarian society, while preserving vital spatial and environmental resources.
The policy is designed to accommodate a growing population and a continuous rise in standard of living while wisely and efciently utilizing the country'... |
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| Towards Joint Management of City Centers: The Jerusalem City Center. |
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Recent decades have witnessed the development of various joint public-private mechanisms for the management of city centers. In Britain, these are known as TCMs (Town Center Management) and in the U.S. (and recently also in Britain) as BIDs (Business Improvement Districts). Underlying these mechanisms is the partnership between the public and the p... |
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