Impact of urbanization on land use and local communities in the West Bank : the project final workshop; technical report

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2004

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The objective was to analyse urban development trends in the West Bank Governorates via time series satellite images (1989-2000). The study assessed the impacts of Palestinian urban development on local Palestinian communities and land use in addition to assessing the effects of Israeli colonization activities on Palestinian urban development, and aimed to make accurate projections of possible future trends of urban expansion. The division of Palestinian lands has produced two different and parallel planning schemes: one Israeli, to serve the Israeli colonists living in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, and the other Palestinian, to serve the Palestinian people.

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COLONIZATION, LAND USE, COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION, ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION, URBAN PLANNING, WEST BANK, ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS, STATISTICAL ANALYSIS, GOVERNANCE, POLICY MAKING, LOCAL GOVERNMENT, OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORY, ISRAEL, WEST BANK AND GAZA, MIDDLE EAST

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