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