Apr 2018
48th Annual Meeting of the Urban Affairs Association, Toronto, Canada
Paper (with Nava Kainer Persov): Evaluating Housing Regeneration Programs from a Social Equity Point of view: The Local Comuunity Perspective
Paper (with Nava Kainer Persov): Evaluating Housing Regeneration Programs from a Social Equity Point of view: The Local Comuunity Perspective
Sep 2016
International Conference on Resilient Cities, Haifa University
Paper (with Yechiel Rosenfeld): Urban resilience and urban regeneration.
Paper (with Yechiel Rosenfeld): Urban resilience and urban regeneration.
July 2015
Annual conference of ENHR – European Network for Housing Research, Lisbon, Portugal
Paper (with Nava Kainer Persov): Densifying and upgrading the existing housing stock: An evaluation of an innovative program.
Paper (with Nava Kainer Persov): Densifying and upgrading the existing housing stock: An evaluation of an innovative program.
Oct 2014
54th Conference of the ACSP – Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, Philadelphia, Pensylvania, USA
Paper: Rethinking social mix and social capital in housing projects
Paper: Rethinking social mix and social capital in housing projects
July 2014
Annual conference of ENHR – European Network for Housing Research, Edinburgh, UK
Paper (with Nava Kainer Persov): Strategies of urban regeneration in residential areas: Typology and evaluation
Paper (with Nava Kainer Persov): Strategies of urban regeneration in residential areas: Typology and evaluation
July 2013
5th Joint Congress of ACSP – Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, and AESOP – Association of European Schools of Planning, Dublin, Ireland.
Co-chair (in collaboration with Susan S. Fainstein): Special session welcoming our new book on Promotong justice in urban developemnt: The role of planners in coping with the number one global risk – Severe income disparity
Co-chair (in collaboration with Susan S. Fainstein): Special session welcoming our new book on Promotong justice in urban developemnt: The role of planners in coping with the number one global risk – Severe income disparity
July 2013
RC43-2013, Conference of the Research Committee on Housing and the Built Environment of the International Sociological Association, University of Amsterdam
Paper: Deliberate social mix in residential areas
Paper: Deliberate social mix in residential areas
Oct 2012
53rd Conference of the ACSP – Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, Cincinati, Ohio, USA
Paper(with Sarah Goldberg): Protest in 2011: Is it a global social-urban movement?
Paper(with Sarah Goldberg): Protest in 2011: Is it a global social-urban movement?
July 2012
Annual International Congress of AESOP – Association of European Schools of Planning, Ankara, Turkey
Paper: Regeneration of urban residential areas: Typology of strategies
Paper: Regeneration of urban residential areas: Typology of strategies
Oct 2011
52nd Conference of the ACSP – Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Paper: Envisioning the future of the planning profession
Paper: Envisioning the future of the planning profession
Oct 2010
51th Conference of the ACSP – Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Paper (with Uri Shamir): Water-Sensitive Planning (WSP) as a vital component of sustainable development on all scales
Paper (with Uri Shamir): Water-Sensitive Planning (WSP) as a vital component of sustainable development on all scales
June 2009
Initiator, organizer and Co-Head of the academic program of an International Workshop on Planning with/for People, which brought to Israel and the Technion two dozens of distinuished professors of Urban Planning from North America and Europe
Chairperson: Social equity and the good/just city
Chairperson: Social equity and the good/just city
Apr 2009
LIUDD (Low Impact Urban Design and Development) Workshop, Wellington, New Zealand
Paper: Water-sensitive planning in Israel
Paper: Water-sensitive planning in Israel
July 2008
4th Joint Congress of ACSP – Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, and AESOP – Association of European Schools of Planning, Chicago, USA.
Chairperson: Planning with/for People
Paper (with Yosef Jabareen): Community of trust: Conceptualization and the case of Muslim Communities in Gaza
Chairperson: Planning with/for People
Paper (with Yosef Jabareen): Community of trust: Conceptualization and the case of Muslim Communities in Gaza
Oct 2007
49th Conference of the ACSP – Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, Milwaukee Wisconsin, USA
Paper: Mixed-income housing: A success story with lessons
Chairperson: The social message of urban planning
Paper: Mixed-income housing: A success story with lessons
Chairperson: The social message of urban planning
Nov 2006
48th Conference of the ACSP – Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, Fort Worth, Texas, USA
Discussant: Mixed-income housing
Discussant: Mixed-income housing
July 2006
XVI ISA World Congress of Sociology, Durban, South Africa
Chairperson: Housing, poverty issues and metropolitan governance
Paper: Social diversity versus social cohesion as a housing policy dilemma.
Chairperson: Housing, poverty issues and metropolitan governance
Paper: Social diversity versus social cohesion as a housing policy dilemma.
July 2006
World Planning Schools Congress, Mexico City, Mexico
Chairperson: Urban regeneration
Paper: Turning a low-income small town into a sustainable mixed-income place.
Chairperson: Urban regeneration
Paper: Turning a low-income small town into a sustainable mixed-income place.
July 2005
Annual International Congress of AESOP – Association of European Schools of Planning, Vienna, Austria.
Paper (with Yulia Ziflinger): Urban regeneration strategies: A social equity perspective
Paper (with Yulia Ziflinger): Urban regeneration strategies: A social equity perspective
April 2005
Jerusalem 2050: Visionaries Conference, International symposium for invited colleagues, MIT, Cambridge MA
June 2004
International Housing Research Conference under the auspices of Housing and the Built Environment, Research Committee 43 of the International Sociological Association on Adequate and Affordable Housing for All, Toronto, Canada.
Chairperson: The power of informality
Paper: User-controlled updating of housing: A prime way to satisfactory affordable housing
Chairperson: The power of informality
Paper: User-controlled updating of housing: A prime way to satisfactory affordable housing
June 2004
First international conference on Water Demand Management, Aman-Dead Sea, Jordan.
Paper (with Shlomit Be`eri and Uri Shamir): Water saving in Israel’s urban sector: A feasibility study towards policy renewal.
Paper (with Shlomit Be`eri and Uri Shamir): Water saving in Israel’s urban sector: A feasibility study towards policy renewal.
July 2003
3rd Joint Congress of ACSP and AESOP, Leuven, Belgium.
Chairperson: Social integration and ethnic identity.
Paper: Palestinians and Jews living together: A case study in Nazareth Ilit.
Chairperson: Social integration and ethnic identity.
Paper: Palestinians and Jews living together: A case study in Nazareth Ilit.
Nov 2002
44th Conference of the ACSP – Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, Boston, USA
Paper (with Yosef Jabareen): Trust, risk and culturally sustainable housing.
Paper (with Shmuel Burmil and Uri Shamir): Sustainable urban planning: Can urban runoff be made a valuable resource instead of being merely a nuisance?
Paper (with Yosef Jabareen): Trust, risk and culturally sustainable housing.
Paper (with Shmuel Burmil and Uri Shamir): Sustainable urban planning: Can urban runoff be made a valuable resource instead of being merely a nuisance?
Mar 2002
32nd Annual Meeting of UAA – Urban Affairs Association, Boston, USA.
Paper: Urban renewal and regeneration: Can we benefit both people and places?
Paper: Urban renewal and regeneration: Can we benefit both people and places?
Dec 2001
International Workshop of Israel Science Foundation on Social Equity and Housing, Tel-Aviv University.
Chair and Discussant: Socio-spatial differentiation of housing.
Chair and Discussant: Socio-spatial differentiation of housing.
Nov 2001
43th Conference of the ACSP – Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
Paper: New immigrants, urban regeneration and the role of housing policies.
Chair and Discussant: Infusing collaborative practices in planning.
Paper: New immigrants, urban regeneration and the role of housing policies.
Chair and Discussant: Infusing collaborative practices in planning.
July 2000
14th Congress of AESOP – Association of European Schools of Planning, Brno,
Check Republic.
Keynote Presentation: Preventive planning: A new role for the planning profession
Check Republic.
Keynote Presentation: Preventive planning: A new role for the planning profession
June 2000
International Conference of ENHR – European Network of Housing Research, on Housing in the 21st Century: Fragmentation and Reorientation, Gavle, Sweden.
Paper: Updating the housing stock: An innovative approach and a Research agenda.
Paper: Updating the housing stock: An innovative approach and a Research agenda.
Mar 2000
International Workshop on Globalization, Minorities and the Israeli City, Ben Gurion University of the Negev.
Paper: The role of immigrants in urban regeneration processes.
Paper: The role of immigrants in urban regeneration processes.
July 1999
13th Congress of AESOP – Association of European Schools of Planning, Bergen, Norway
Paper: Housing update and neighborhood regeneration.
Paper: Housing update and neighborhood regeneration.
July 1999
IUGG General Assembly, HS5 Symposium on Impacts of Urban Growth on Surface Water and Groundwater Quality, Birmingham, UK.
Paper (with U. Shamir): Water-sensitive urban planning: The case of Israel’s coastal aquifer.: Housing update and neighborhood regeneration.
Paper (with U. Shamir): Water-sensitive urban planning: The case of Israel’s coastal aquifer.: Housing update and neighborhood regeneration.
June 1999
International Ecology Congress, Jerusalem.
Paper (with S. Burmil and U. Shamir): Water-sensitive urban planning: Increasing infiltration in residential areas.
Paper (with S. Burmil and U. Shamir): Water-sensitive urban planning: Increasing infiltration in residential areas.
Apr 1999
29th Annual Meeting of the Urban Affairs Association, Louisville, Kentucky, USA
Paper: Neighborhood regeneration and the Phoenix Strategy.
Chairperson: Housing renovation.
Paper: Neighborhood regeneration and the Phoenix Strategy.
Chairperson: Housing renovation.
Feb 1999
International Symposium on Housing Renovation at the International Building Construction Fair, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Keynote Presentation: Updating the Housing Stock: The Phoenix Strategy.
Keynote Presentation: Updating the Housing Stock: The Phoenix Strategy.
Nov 1998
3rd International Metropolis Conference, Zichron Yaakov, Israel.
Paper: Immigrants as carriers of urban regeneration.
Paper: Immigrants as carriers of urban regeneration.
Sep 1998
International Conference of ENHR – European Network of Housing Research, on Housing Futures, Cardiff, United Kingdom.
Keynote Presentation: Updating the Housing Stock: The Phoenix Strategy.
Keynote Presentation: Updating the Housing Stock: The Phoenix Strategy.
Mar 1998
94th annual meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Boston MA, USA.
Paper: Urban revitalization: benefiting both people and places.
Paper: Urban revitalization: benefiting both people and places.
Jan 1998
International Seminar on The Profession of Planning: Challenges, successes and Failures, MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Discussant and Commentator.
Discussant and Commentator.
Nov 1997
Mayors’ Institute on City Design, a special conference on Housing in the City, Harvard University, Cambridge MA, USA.
Discussant: Demolition versus renovation of public housing projects in the US.
Discussant: Demolition versus renovation of public housing projects in the US.
Nov 1997
39th Conference of the ACSP – Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA.
Paper(with U. Shamir): Water-sensitive urban planning: preliminary analysis.
Chairperson: Housing and neighborhood revitalization.
Paper(with U. Shamir): Water-sensitive urban planning: preliminary analysis.
Chairperson: Housing and neighborhood revitalization.
Nov 1997
International Symposium on Open Building Implementation (CIB TG26), Building Museum, Washington DC, USA.
Discussant: Using the open building concept in housing renovation.
Discussant: Using the open building concept in housing renovation.
Sep 1997
27th IAH (International Association of Hydrologists) Congress on Groundwater in the Urban Environment, Nottingham, UK.
Paper (with U. Shamir): Water-sensitive urban planning: the role of urban planners.
Paper (with U. Shamir): Water-sensitive urban planning: the role of urban planners.
Aug 1996
International Conference of ENHR – European Network of Housing Research, on Housing and European Integration, Helsingor, Denmark.
Paper: Evaluating gentrification in the context of urban revitalization policies.
Paper: Urban revitalization patterns: Towards a new generation of policies.
Paper: Evaluating gentrification in the context of urban revitalization policies.
Paper: Urban revitalization patterns: Towards a new generation of policies.
July 1996
Joint International Congress of ACSP – Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, and AESOP – Association of European Schools of Planning, Toronto, Canada.
Paper: Regional development: Can growth go with equity and enhancement of tolerance?
Chairperson: Equity and economic development: compatible or contradictory goals?
Paper: Regional development: Can growth go with equity and enhancement of tolerance?
Chairperson: Equity and economic development: compatible or contradictory goals?
Oct 1995
37th Conference of the ACSP – Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, Detroit, USA.
Paper: Social planning – a new agenda.
Paper: Urban regeneration: third generation programs and beyond.
Paper: Social planning – a new agenda.
Paper: Urban regeneration: third generation programs and beyond.
Aug 1995
9th Congress of AESOP – Association of European Schools of Planning, Glasgow, United Kingdom.
Paper: Neighborhood regeneration – the state of the art.
Paper: Neighborhood regeneration – the state of the art.
Mar 1995
International Symposium of the European Center for Social Welfare Policy and Research, Jerusalem.
Paper: Diversity and integration as leading principles for long-range planning in Israel.
Paper: Diversity and integration as leading principles for long-range planning in Israel.
Dec 1994
Russian-Israeli Symposium on Community and State in a Changing World, Jerusalem.
Paper: Social planning for Israel.
Chairperson: New value systems in changing societies.
Paper: Social planning for Israel.
Chairperson: New value systems in changing societies.
Aug 1994
Bi-National – Canadian-Chinese – Conference on Urban Development and the Environment, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
Discussant: A viewpoint on development from a newly developed country.
Discussant: A viewpoint on development from a newly developed country.
Oct 1993
35th Conference of the ACSP – Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA.
Paper: Urban growth and quality of life in Israel 2020.
Chairperson: Urban quality of life.
Paper: Urban growth and quality of life in Israel 2020.
Chairperson: Urban quality of life.
June 1993
Russian-Israeli Symposium on Democracy and Identity, Moscow, Russia.
Paper: Urban growth and quality of life in Israel 2020.
Paper: Democracy in action: citizen participation in urban planning.
Paper: Urban growth and quality of life in Israel 2020.
Paper: Democracy in action: citizen participation in urban planning.
May 1993
International Symposium on Immigration and Integration in Post-Industrial Societies – The Interface Between Research and Policy Making, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa.
Organizer, Program Head, Chairperson and Principal Commentator.
Paper: Migration in post-industrial cities.
Organizer, Program Head, Chairperson and Principal Commentator.
Paper: Migration in post-industrial cities.
Sep 1992
41st World Congress of IFHP – International Federation of Housing and Planning, Jerusalem.
Paper: Old and new policies for urban renewal.
Chairperson: Social challenge and urban change.
Paper: Old and new policies for urban renewal.
Chairperson: Social challenge and urban change.
Mar 1992
IAS – Institute for Advanced Studies, Vienna, IASA – Institute for Applied System Analysis, Laxenburg, and IFS – Institute for Future Studies, Stockholm, International Conference on Mass Migration in Europe: Implications in East and West, Vienna, Austria.
Paper: Planning for immigrant absorption: the case of Soviet immigrants in Israel.
Chairperson: Social aspects of integrating immigrants into the host societies.
Paper: Planning for immigrant absorption: the case of Soviet immigrants in Israel.
Chairperson: Social aspects of integrating immigrants into the host societies.
July 1991
Joint International Congress of ACSP – Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, and AESOP – Association of European Schools of Planning), Oxford, United Kingdom.
Paper: Neighborhood upgrading: what planning can and cannot do.
Paper: Neighborhood upgrading: what planning can and cannot do.
July 1990
International Housing Research Conference, La Villet, Paris, France.
Paper (with M. Baron): Reducing inequality by means of neighborhood rehabilitation: evaluation of the Israeli case.
Chairperson: Housing affordability.
Paper (with M. Baron): Reducing inequality by means of neighborhood rehabilitation: evaluation of the Israeli case.
Chairperson: Housing affordability.
Dec 1989
Sapir International Forum for Economic Policy, Jerusalem.
Paper (with M. Baron): Evaluating the impact of Project Renewal on the reduction of socioeconomic disparities in Israel.
Paper (with M. Baron): Evaluating the impact of Project Renewal on the reduction of socioeconomic disparities in Israel.
Aug 1989
31st Conference of the ACSP – Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, Portland, Oregon, U.S.A.
Paper: Custom-made communities in regional development: an Israeli experience in the Galilee mountains.
Paper: Custom-made communities in regional development: an Israeli experience in the Galilee mountains.
Apr 1989
World Congress of the Regional Science Association, Jerusalem.
Paper: Population dispersal as a strategy for regional development: an Israeli experiment in the Galilee Mountains.
Chairperson: Urban revitalization.
Paper: Population dispersal as a strategy for regional development: an Israeli experiment in the Galilee Mountains.
Chairperson: Urban revitalization.
Jan 1989
2nd International Conference on Political Geography, Haifa University.
Paper (with O. Yiftachel and D. Rumley): Ethnic minority and political stability: A comparative analysis of Israel and Malaysia.
Paper (with O. Yiftachel and D. Rumley): Ethnic minority and political stability: A comparative analysis of Israel and Malaysia.
Oct 1988
Dutch-Israeli Binational Symposium, Dan Acadia, Hertzelia.
Paper (with M. Baron and U. Ben-Zion): The impact of Project Renewal on migration patterns.
Paper (with M. Baron and U. Ben-Zion): The impact of Project Renewal on migration patterns.
July 1988
10th Conference of the International Association for the Study of People and their Surroundings, Delft, The Netherlands.
Paper: Self-help improvement of public housing.
Paper: Self-help improvement of public housing.
June 1988
International Research Conference: Housing, Policy, and Urban Innovation.
Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Paper: Public-individual partnership in housing renovation.
Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Paper: Public-individual partnership in housing renovation.
Aug 1987
U.S. National Science Foundation Workshop on “Research Issues in Design Theory and Methodology”, Plaza Hotel, Boston, U.S.A.
Discussant: Planning effectiveness.
Discussant: Planning effectiveness.
Aug 1987
27th European Congress of the Regional Science Association, Athens, Greece.
Paper (with M. Hill, R. Alterman, A. Churchman, and M. Shechter): Integrated evaluation of Israel’s revitalization project.
Paper (with M. Hill, R. Alterman, A. Churchman, and M. Shechter): Integrated evaluation of Israel’s revitalization project.
May 1986
International Symposium: Neighborhood Policy – the State of the Art.
MIT, Cambridge, Mass., U.S.A.
Organizer and Program Head.
Paper: Israel’s Project Renewal – lessons for the future.
MIT, Cambridge, Mass., U.S.A.
Organizer and Program Head.
Paper: Israel’s Project Renewal – lessons for the future.
Mar 1986
International Conference on Urban Revitalization, Hilton Hotel, Jerusalem.
Member of the Steering Committee.
Chairperson: Social rehabilitation.
Paper: Israel’s Project Renewal: evaluation of goals’ achievement
Member of the Steering Committee.
Chairperson: Social rehabilitation.
Paper: Israel’s Project Renewal: evaluation of goals’ achievement
May 1985
Institute for Policy Studies, Housing Policies in the Eighties. Washington, D.C., U.S.A.
Chairperson: Social rehabilitation.
Discussant: Public-individual partnership in housing.
Chairperson: Social rehabilitation.
Discussant: Public-individual partnership in housing.
Oct 1984
Evaluation Research Society International Conference, San Francisco, U.S.A
Chairperson: Social rehabilitation.
Paper: An innovative methodology for integrated evaluation.
Chairperson: Social rehabilitation.
Paper: An innovative methodology for integrated evaluation.
Oct. 1984
26th Annual Conference of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, New York, U.S.A.
Paper: Integrated evaluation in practice.
Paper: Integrated evaluation in practice.
June 1983
2nd World Congress on Land Policy, Harvard Univ., Cambridge, Mass, U.S.A.
Discussant: Shelter for human survival.
Discussant: Shelter for human survival.
Jan 1982
The International Interdisciplinary Congress on Woman, Haifa Univ.
Discussant: The impact of community and environment on women.
Discussant: The impact of community and environment on women.
Dec 1981
Humphrey Center for Social Ecology, International Conference: “The 1980’s – Cause for Alarm or Optimism”, Ben-Gurion Univ., Be’er-Sheva.
Paper: New forms of public housing.
Paper: New forms of public housing.
June 1981
“Planning with People”, International workshop. University College, London.
Paper: Self-help housing rehabilitation.
Paper: Self-help housing rehabilitation.
Dec 1980
Sapir International Conference on “Social Policy Evaluation”, Tel-Aviv Univ.
Paper: Multi-group integrated evaluation: a synthesis of approaches to the evaluation of broad-aim social programs.
Paper: Multi-group integrated evaluation: a synthesis of approaches to the evaluation of broad-aim social programs.
Nov 1980
World Congress of the International Federation for Housing and Planning, Jerusalem.
Chairperson: Strategies for rehabilitating distressed neighborhoods.
Paper: Project Renewal: an Israeli experiment.
Chairperson: Strategies for rehabilitating distressed neighborhoods.
Paper: Project Renewal: an Israeli experiment.
Apr 1980
Annual Conference of the American Planning Association, San Francisco, U.S.A.
Paper: Neighborhood deterioration and rehabilitation – the Israeli experience.
Paper: Neighborhood deterioration and rehabilitation – the Israeli experience.
Jan 1980
5th International Congress of Engineers and Architects, Tel-Aviv.
Paper: The Israeli approach to neighborhood rehabilitation.
Paper: The Israeli approach to neighborhood rehabilitation.
May 1979
34th World Congress, International Federation Housing and Planning, Gothenburg, Sweden.
Discussant: Methods in social planning.
Discussant: Methods in social planning.