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Professor Rachelle Alterman (professor emeritus – non retired).  Urban planning and Law
Member, Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities

Founding President and Honorary Fellow, the <strong>International Academic Association on Planning, Law and Property Rights</strong> – click here for website. Founding President and Honorary Fellow, the International Academic Association on Planning, Law and Property Rights – click here for website. Co-Founder, <strong>Platform of Experts in Planning Law</strong> – click here for website. Co-Founder, Platform of Experts in Planning Law – click here for website. <strong>LATEST BOOK</strong>: Rachelle Alterman and Cygal Pellach (Eds)<br /> <strong>Regulating Coastal Zones</strong>, International Perspectives on Land Management Instruments – NOW OPEN ACCESS – click here. LATEST BOOK: Rachelle Alterman and Cygal Pellach (Eds)
Regulating Coastal Zones, International Perspectives on Land Management Instruments – NOW OPEN ACCESS – click here. Project Head and Coordinator of EU-funded <strong>Mare Nostrum Project</strong> – click here. Project Head and Coordinator of EU-funded Mare Nostrum Project – click here. Selected as one of 16 key thinkers in planning thought, in project:<br /> <strong>Encounters in Planning Thought</strong>.  Includes book and lecture series – click here. Selected as one of 16 key thinkers in planning thought, in project:
Encounters in Planning Thought.  Includes book and lecture series – click here.

Fields of research:

  • Comparative Planning Law and Land Use Regulation
  • Comparative Land Policy and Property Rights
  • Housing policy
  • Planning Theory and Method
  • Implementation of Public Policy

Selected Awards:

Selected newspaper clippings in English* (for more see Media):

* Scores of newspaper articles have been featured in Hebrew-only newspapers and these papers occasionally also translate to English. 

Click here for download of full CV and list of publications.

Takings International
A Comparative Perspective on Land Use Regulations and Compensation Rights
ABA Press
OUT OF PRINT – Click here to download pre-publication versions of all chapters.
Download pre-publication version of the main comparative analysis – chapters 1-3
 Download the pre-publication version of Chapter 16 – Israel
Preview in Google Books,  Purchase on Amazon

Now with Chinese translation!

Planning in the Face of Crisis
Land Use, Housing, and Mass Immigration in Israel
Routledge Press
Book Review in Planning Theory Journal
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* Cited in Arab League Conference for Reconstruction, October 2003 – “Non Conventional Methods for the Reconstruction of Destroyed Areas“
National-Level Planning in Democratic Counties
An International Comparison of City and Regional Policy-Making
Liverpool University Press
Details and purchase from the publisher
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Download: Front Matter, Chapter 1, Chapter 11
Private Supply of Public Services
Evaluation of Real Estate Exactions, Linkage and Alternative Land Policies
New York University Press
Download section on Exaction American Style
Download section on Developer Provisions of Public Benefits
Download section on Exaction Law and Social Policy in Israel
Evaluating Plan Implementation:
The National Statutory Planning System in Israel
Pergamon Press
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Urban Renewal Planning in Israel
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