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Doomed to informality: Familial versus modern planning in Arab towns in Israel

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Planning systems throughout the world are rooted in the modern, western-oriented worldview and the rationale of liberal nationalism. In this view, society consists of relatively equal and free individuals, operating in a fairly free market, while state intervention in people's lives and in the economy is only required in extreme cases such as market failure, as with urban and regional planning, and is conducted via top-to-bottom regulations. However, whether this outlook is suitable for sociopolitical cultures other than liberalism is questionable. This paper examines the modern planning machinery with respect to traditional, family-based societies, in particular the Arab towns and villages in Israel. It claims that, in addition to the national conflict between Arab citizens and the State of Israel, the embedded tensions between the spatiality of the Arab city and modern planning systems have given rise to the informal, gray urbanism currently typical of Arab towns. The paper analyzes the different planning tools resulting from the two worldviews. The use of a culturally based urban code and mutual agreements between interested parties form central planning instruments in familial societies, while administrative planning and regulation are central to modern traditions. Based on this analysis, the paper offers a framework for overcoming existing tensions.

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  • Nurit Alfasi, 2014. "Doomed to informality: Familial versus modern planning in Arab towns in Israel," Planning Theory & Practice, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 15(2), pages 170-186, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:rptpxx:v:15:y:2014:i:2:p:170-186
    DOI: 10.1080/14649357.2014.903291
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    1. Katharina Gugerell & Stefan Netsch, 2017. "Planning in the Face of Power. Experiencing Power Dimensions in a Visioning Process in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip," Urban Planning, Cogitatio Press, vol. 2(1), pages 41-52.
    2. Abdelkader, Mahmood & Sliuzas, Richard & Boerboom, Luc & Zevenbergen, Jaap, 2022. "The unintended consequences of Egypt's institutional land regime on unplanned settlement growth in the Nile Valley," Land Use Policy, Elsevier, vol. 113(C).
    3. Naama Blatman & Areej Sabbagh‐Khoury, 2023. "THE PRESENCE OF THE ABSENCE: Indigenous Palestinian Urbanism in Israel," International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 47(1), pages 119-128, January.

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