March 7, 2010

A building under renovation in Tel Aviv – Jaffa. Photo by Jesse Fox.
Israel’s planning system is inefficient, and long overdue for a reform – on this, almost everyone agrees. What kind of reform? On this there is no consensus, but plenty of ideas are floating around. In the meantime, an expeditious attempt to reform the system has ignited a storm of controversy, and even the High Court has been drawn into the dispute, issuing an injunction last week temporarily preventing the government from even discussing the matter.
What is it about planning reform that has so many people in Israel in an uproar?…Read the full story on TreeHugger


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