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City profile: Beersheba
Abstract The modern age introduced rational, semi-scientific planning as a novel approach to the construction of new cities. Modern Beersheba, a desert city in the south of Israel, is an example of such an approach. The city was founded based on an administrative decision and for many decades it was molded and developed in a ‘top-down’ manner in line with a modernist planning model. Urban growth was based on plans for immigration and governmental investments, creating a sprawling ‘city-less city’ that local leadership is now struggling to revitalize. This paper reviews the major planning phases of the city, emphasizing the initial signs of changing development patterns, and the heavy burdens that the city has yet to overcome.
Highlights Under Ottoman rule, Biblical Beersheba of 2000years ago sprung back to life in the 20th century. The city was planned, ruled and developed in a top-down manner to meet with governmental aspirations. Zionist ideology and modernist planning models resulted in a sprawled, peripheral city. The rise of a new city leadership in 2008 changed development patterns. Today city leadership struggles to revive the city.
City profile: Beersheba
Abstract The modern age introduced rational, semi-scientific planning as a novel approach to the construction of new cities. Modern Beersheba, a desert city in the south of Israel, is an example of such an approach. The city was founded based on an administrative decision and for many decades it was molded and developed in a ‘top-down’ manner in line with a modernist planning model. Urban growth was based on plans for immigration and governmental investments, creating a sprawling ‘city-less city’ that local leadership is now struggling to revitalize. This paper reviews the major planning phases of the city, emphasizing the initial signs of changing development patterns, and the heavy burdens that the city has yet to overcome.
Highlights Under Ottoman rule, Biblical Beersheba of 2000years ago sprung back to life in the 20th century. The city was planned, ruled and developed in a top-down manner to meet with governmental aspirations. Zionist ideology and modernist planning models resulted in a sprawled, peripheral city. The rise of a new city leadership in 2008 changed development patterns. Today city leadership struggles to revive the city.
City profile: Beersheba
Avni, Nufar (author) / Alfasi, Nurit (author) / Bornstein, Lisa (author)
Cities ; 53 ; 18-29
2015-12-28
12 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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