Funded Research

Alternatives for Strengthening Residential Buildings in Israel’s Peripheral Localities (2015 –      )

With Yechiel Rosenfeld and Tami Gavrieli

Supported by the Ministry of Construction and Housing (100,000 NIS)

 

Water-Sensitive Urban Design: Evaluation Study (2015 –     )

With Tali Alon-Mozes, Elisa Rosenberg and Michelle Portman

Supported by the Technion and with Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (30,000 NIS).

 

Water-Sensitive Urban Design: Best Practices and Beyond (2015 –      )

With Tali Alon-Mozes, Elisa Rosenberg and Michelle Portman. In collaboration with Monash University, Australia.

Supported by JNF (KKL) (375,000 NIS).

Part of a comprehensive research initiative on Creating Water-Sensitive Cities in Israel.

 

Strategies of Renewal of Urban Residential Areas (2012 –      )

With Nava Kainar-Persov

Supported by the Council for Higher Education in Israel and Balaban-Glass  Foundation (40,000 NIS)

 

Studentification: The Impact of Students’ Housing on the Surrounding Community (2011-2015)

With Chen Naor

Supported by the Council for Higher Education in Israel

 

Housing Rights and Housing NGOs in Israel (2008-2012)

With Emily Silverman and others

Supported by the Ford Foundation / New Israel Fund ($ 95,000) and Samuel Neaman Institute at the Technion

http://www.neaman.org.il/Neaman2011/Templates/ShowPage.asp?DBID=1&TMID=580&LNGID=2&FID=964&IID=815   (Hebrew)

 

Runoff and Drainage: Policy Statement and Recommendations, commissioned as part of a comprehensive research and planning effort for preparing a Water Master Plan for the State of Israel in the New Millennium (2010-2011)

With Uri Shamir

Supported by the Ministry of Infrastructure, The Water Authority (30,000 NIS)

 

Affordable Housing in Global Cities (2008-2010)

With Nathan Marom

Lady Davis Foundation

 

Religion, Design and Settlement: Synagogues in the First Moshavot in Eretz Israel (2008- 2010)

With Talya Abramovitz

Supported by Balaban-Glass Foundation

 

Affordable Housing in Tel Aviv-Yaffo (2007-2009)

With Emily Silverman and others

Supported by the Municipality of Tel Aviv-Yaffo (130,000 NIS)

 

Social Capital in the Context of Urban Planning and Immigrants’ Absorption (2006-2011)

With Einat Amoyal

Supported by Mifal haPais and the Glass-Balaban Foundation

 

 

Updating the Housing Stock of Tel Aviv-Yaffo (2006-2009)

With Emily Silverman

Supported by the Municipality of Tel Aviv-Yaffo (33,000 NIS)

 

Population and Housing in the City of Tiberius (2006-2009)

With Haim Kehat and others

Supported by the Ministry of Interior

 

Culture Industries and Urban Regeneration: Theory and Practice (2005-2010)

With Elvira Molin

Supported by Mifal haPais

 

 

Social Planning and Housing for the City of Haifa (2004 –     )

Supported by the Ministry of Interior (200,000 NIS)

 

 

Mortgage Arrears in Israel: Magnitude of the Problem, Its Causes and Ways to Cope With (2002-2007)

With Gilat Benchetrit

Supported by the Ministry of Construction and Housing (140,000 NIS)

 

Water-Sensitive Planning – Development of Policy and Guidelines (2003-2007)

With Uri Shamir

Supported by the Ministry of Construction and Housing (108,000 NIS)

 

Housing for Tel Aviv-Yaffo, part of Strategic Plan for Tel Aviv-Yaffo (2002-2005)

Supported by Tel Aviv-Yaffo Municipality, Long-Range Planning Department (30,000 NIS)

 

Water Conservation by Urban Households (2001-2005)

With Uri Shamir and Shlomit Be’eri

Supported by the Water Commissioner in the Ministry of Infrastructure (208,000 NIS)

 

Cultural Projects as a Means for Regeneration of the Central City: A Case Study in Haifa (2001-2004)

With Elvira Molin

Supported by the Technion VPR Funds

 

Social Justice and Economic Development: Theoretical Analysis and a Case Study (1999-2004)

With Yulia Ziflinger

Supported by Mifal HaPayis

 

Migration of Arab Families into Jewish Development Towns: The Case of Nazereth Ilit (1999-2002)

With Hana Hamdan-HajYihya

Supported by the Technion VPR funds

 

Towards Community-Sensitive Planning of Social Services: The Case of Inmigrants’ NGOs in Haifa (1999-2003)

With M. Bleiman and R. Kallus

Supported by the Israel Center for Third Sector Research

 

Urban Run-off in Residential Areas (1998-2003)

With S. Burmil and U. Shamir

Supported by The Ministry of Environmental Quality and the Ministry of Construction and Housing

 

 

Culturally Sustainable Housing: A Study of Population and Housing in the City of Gaza (1998-2002)

With Yosef Jabareen

Supported by the Technion VPR funds

 

Updating the Housing Stock of Israel (1998-2001)

Supported by the Ministry of Construction and Housing and the Technion VPR funds

 

Immigrants as Carriers of Urban Revitalization Processes (1996-1998)

With H. Har-Shuv

Supported by the S. Neaman Institute

 

Water-Sensitive Urban Planning (1995-1997)

With U. Shamir and others

Supported by The Water Commissioner of Israel, The Ministry of Environmental Quality and the Ministry of Construction and Housing

 

 

Home Telecommunication: Initial Study of Social Implications (1994-1996)

With Razia Zehavi

Supported by Technion VPR Funds

 

ISRAEL 2020 – A Master Plan for Israel of the 2000s (1991-1996)

A senior member of the leading academic-professional team, headed by Adam Mazor. The project, with~250 researchers and planners, was supported by 13 Israeli ministries, including: the Ministry of Interior, the Ministry of Housing, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Transportation, the Ministry of Environmental Quality, the Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of Education, and by 2 public organizations: Israel Land Authority and the Jewish Agency

 

Underground Space in Israel: A Comprehensive Evaluation of Potential Benefits (1994-1995)

with Zvi Lisar and others

Supported by Israel Land Authority

 

Revitalization in the Center of Tel-Aviv (1994-1995)

With Tamar Erez

Supported by Mifal HaPayis and Tel-Aviv Municipality

 

Jewish-Arab Relationships in a Mixed Region: The Case of Central Galilee (1992-1995)

With Oren Yiftachel

Supported by Mifal HaPayis, the Negev Center for Regional Studies, and The Centre for Peace Studies, Curtin University and the University of W. Australia

 

Immigration and Integration in Post Industrial Societies – Innovative Research and Policy Implications, an international workshop and a book (1991-1995)

Supported by the American Technion Society

 

New Immigrants in Haifa and the Revitalization of the Central City (1990-1992)

With Smadar Amir

Supported by Mifal HaPayis

 

Developing a Model of a Planning Process for an Arab Village: Citizen Participation in Housing Programs in Iksal (1989-1990)

With M. Meyer-Brodnitz, J. Yonish and T. Alfandari

Supported by the Ministry of Construction and Housing

 

 

Post-Occupancy Evaluation of an Old-Age Home: A Case Study (1989-1990)

With T. Eyal

Supported by The Brookdale Institute for Gerontology

 

 

Comparative Evaluation of Self-Help Housing Renovation (1988-1990)

With O. Hacohen

Supported by the Ministry of Construction and Housing

 

 

Evaluation Research of the New Settlements in the Galilee (1987-1989)

With A. Amir, D. Czamanski, B. Kipnis, H. Law-Yon and G. Lifshitz

Supported by the National Planning Council of the Ministry of Interior, the Ministry of Housing, the Jewish Agency and Israel Land Authority

 

The Impact of Project Renewal on Migration Patterns in its Neighborhoods (1986-1990)

With M. Baron and U. Ben-Zion

Supported by the Ford Foundation and the S. Neaman Institute

 

User-Initiated Housing Enlargements in Multi-Family Buildings (1984-1986)

Supported by the Ministry of Housing and the S. Neaman Institute

Comprehensive Evaluation of Project Renewal – Israel’s National Program for

 

Social and Physical Rehabilitation of Distressed Neighborhoods (1982-1986)

Research director with R. Alterman and M. Hill, in collaboration with A. Churchman, M. Shechter, A. Frenkel and others

Supported by the International Evaluation Committee of Project Renewal at the Vice Prime Minister Office and the S. Neaman Institute

 

Comparative Study of Institutional Rehabilitation and Individual Rehabilitation of Old Public Housing (1980-1983)

With T. Gavrieli

Supported by the Ministry of Construction and Housing and the S. Neaman Institute

 

Self-Help Housing Rehabilitation of Public Housing in Israel (1980-1982)

With R. Oxman

Supported by the Ministry of Construction and Housing and the S. Neaman Institute

 

Distressed Neighborhoods in Israel (1978-1982)

Co-director with M. Hill, in collaboration with E. Alexander, R. Alterman, A. Churchman, A. Gonen, M. Maier-Brodnitz, R. Oxman, C. Rapkin, E. Roze, D Shefer

Supported by the Ministry of Labor and Welfare and S. Neaman Institute

 

Criteria for Eevaluating the Quality of Urban Neighborhoods (1977-1979)

With E. Borukhov and E. Werczberger

Supported by the Ford Foundation

 

 

Housing Policy as a Tool of Social Policy (1973-1976)

With B. Mannheim

Supported by the Ministry of Housing and the Ministry of Immigrant Absorption