Research Catalog

Title

Between ruin and restoration : an environmental history of Israel / edited by Daniel E. Orenstein, Alon Tal, and Char Miller.

Publication

• Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2013]
• ©2013

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Additional Authors

• Miller, Char, 1951-
• Orenstein, Daniel E.
• Orenstein, Daniel E.,
• Tal, Alon, 1960-

Description

xv, 400 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm.

Summary

"This volume assembles leading experts in policy, history, and activism to address Israel’s continuing environmental transformation from the biblical era through its future aspirations, with a particular focus on the past one hundred and fifty years"--

Series Statement

History of the urban environment

Uniform Title

• History of the urban environment.
• Project Muse UPCC books.

Alternative Title

Environmental history of Israel

Subject

• Environmental policy > Israel > History
• Israel > History

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

The environment in Palestine in the late Ottoman Period, 1798-1918 / Ruth Kark and Noam Levin -- The environmental legacy of the Fellaheen and the Bedouin in Palestine / No'am G. Seligman -- Human impact on wildlife in Israel since the nineteenth century / Yoram Yom-Tov -- Zionist and Israeli perspectives on population growth and environmental impact in Palestine and Israel / Daniel E. Orenstein -- Combating desertification: evolving perceptions and strategies / Alon Tal -- The agricultural roots of Israel's water crisis / Hillel Shuval -- Open space in an urban society / Iris Han -- The battle of the "true believers": environmentalism in Israeli party politics / Orr Karassin -- Environmental challenges facing the Arab society in Israel / Hussein Tarabeih -- A prolonged recessional: the continuing influence of British rule on Israeli environmental law / David Schorr -- Marine-pollution abatement along Israel's Mediterranean coast: a story of policy success / Dorit Kerret -- Olive green: environment, militarism, and the Israel Defense Forces / Uri Gordon -- "Going beyond Israel": epistemic communities, global interests, and international environmental agreements / Rachelle Adam -- Toward sustainable development: mainstreaming environment in Israel / Valerie Brachya -- Anthropogenic climate change in Israel / Lucy Michaels and Pinhas Alpert -- Nature knows no boundaries? Notes toward a future history of regional environmentalism / Stuart Schoenfeld -- The future of the Israeli environmental movement: is a major paradigm shift under way? / Daniel E. Orenstein and Emily Silverman.

ISBN

• 9780822962229 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 0822962225 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2012022367

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library