Between Ruin and Restoration: An Environmental History of Israel

Contents

vii acknowledgments ix introduction xi 1. The environment in Palestine in the Late ottoman Period, 1798–1918 1 Ruth Kark and Noam Levin 2. The environmental Legacy of the fellaheen and the bedouin in Palestine 29 No’am G. Seligman 3. Human impact on Wildlife in israel since the nineteenth Century 53 Yoram Yom-Tov 4. Zionist and israeli Perspectives on Population Growth and environmental impact in Palestine and israel 82 Daniel E. Orenstein 5. Combating Desertification: evolving Perceptions and strategies 106 Alon Tal 6. The agricultural roots of israel’s Water Crisis 129 Hillel Shuval 7. open space in an Urban society 146 Iris Han 8. The battle of the “true believers”: environmentalism in israeli Party Politics 168 Orr Karassin CONTENTS 9. environmental Challenges facing the arab society in israel 190 Hussein Tarabeih 10. a Prolonged recessional: The Continuing influence of british rule on israeli environmental Law 209 David Schorr 11. marine-Pollution abatement along israel’s mediterranean Coast: a story of Policy success 229 Dorit Kerret 12. olive Green: environment, militarism, and the israel Defense forces 242 Uri Gordon 13. “Going beyond israel”: epistemic Communities, Global interests, and international environmental agreements 262 Rachelle Adam 14. toward sustainable Development: mainstreaming environment in israel 285 Valerie Brachya 15. anthropogenic Climate Change in israel 309 Lucy Michaels and Pinhas Alpert 16. nature Knows no boundaries? notes toward a future History of regional environmentalism 334 Stuart Schoenfeld 17. The future of the israeli environmental movement: is a major Paradigm shift Under Way? 357 Daniel E. Orenstein and Emily Silverman epilogue 383 Daniel E. Orenstein, Alon Tal, and Char Miller Contributors 385 index 389 viii CONTENTS ...