Between Ruin and Restoration: An Environmental History of Israel

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BETWEEN RUIN AND RESTORATION History of tHe Urban environment martin v. melosi and Joel a. tarr, editors BETWEEN RUIN AND RESTORATION AN ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY OF ISRAEL Edited by Daniel E. Orenstein, Alon Tal, and Char Miller UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURgH PRESS Published by the University of Pittsburgh Press, Pittsburgh, Pa., 15260 Copyright © 2013, University of Pittsburgh Press all rights reserved manufactured in the United states of america Printed on acid-free paper 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data between ruin and restoration : an environmental history of israel / edited by Daniel e. orenstein, alon tal, and Char miller. pages cm — (History of the urban environment) includes bibliographical references and index. isbn 978-0-8229-6222-9 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. environmental policy—israel—History. 2. israel—environmental conditions— History. i. orenstein, Daniel e. ii. tal, alon, 1960– iii. miller, Char, 1951– Ge190.i75b48 2012 304.2095694—dc23 2012022367 Dedicated to Azariah Alon and Amotz Zahavi and the late Yosef Tamir: Among Israel’s first environmental leaders, who saw that the road ahead could lead to ruin . . . or restoration. ...