Publications

Theses

  • M.C.P. Thesis: The intervention of values in the planning process (230 pp.). University of Manitoba., 1970. Advisor: Prof. John Page.
  • D.Sc. dissertation: Selected aspects in the implementation of urban plans: Empirical measurement of effectuation and identification of influencing factors. (207 pp.). Technion, 1975. Advisor: Prof. Moshe (Morris) Hill. (in English)

 

Books, Guidebooks & Monographs

Published Internationally

  1. Alterman, Rachelle. 1982., Land value recapture: Design and evaluation of alternative policies, Occasional Paper No. 26, Center for Human Settlements, University of British Columbia, Oct. 1982 , 70 pp.  (Monograph).
  2. Alexander, Ernest, Rachelle Alterman & Hubert Law-Yone, 1983., Evaluating plan implementation: The national planning system in Israel, Progress in planning monograph series .  Pergamon Press, Vol. 20, Part 2 (a free-standing monograph, 73 pp.). Fully refereed as part of a special journal-series.  For download click here.
  3. Alterman, Rachelle (Ed.). 1988 (1990)., Private supply of public services: evaluation of real estate exactions, linkage and alternative land policies., New York University Press, 1988 (256 pp) ISBN 0-8147-0596-0. (Also see particular chapters under Chapters in Books). Paperback edition, 1990. A fully refereed academic book.  Click here to download introduction/context section.
  4. Alterman, Rachelle, Evaluating linkage, and beyond. 1989, Monograph published by the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, Cambridge, Mass., Feb. 1989.  (Items 72 and  73 under Papers in Refereed Journals are based on this monograph).  Reviewed in:  Town Planning Review, Vol. 60 no. 4, 1989, pp. 475-6.
  5. Alterman, Rachelle and Goran Cars (eds.). 1991, Neighborhood regeneration: An international evaluation, London: Mansell Pubs., 1991 (230pp).  ISBN 0-7201-2073-x.  (Also see and download particular chapters under Chapters in Books).  Click here to download introduction.
  6. Alterman, Rachelle (ed.), 2001, National-Level Planning in Democratic Countries: An International Comparison of City and Regional Policy-Making, Liverpool University Press – Town Planning Review book series.  Also see particular chapters in Chapters in Books. Book fully refereed by anonymous referees, through the editorial board of Town Planning Review at Liverpool University.  Click here to download the book’s blurb. Front Matter, Chapter 1, Chapter 11.  Book Review.
  7. Alterman, Rachelle. 2002, Planning in the Face of Crisis: Housing, Land-Use, and Mass Immigration in Israel, London: Routledge, Cities and Regions Series. A book fully refereed by anonymous referees and the Urban and Regional series editor – Prof. Seymour Mandelbaum of University of Pennsylvania. Download pre-publication version.
  8. Alterman Rachelle (2010), Takings International: A Comparative Perspective on Land Use Regulations and Compensation Rights, Chicago: American Bar Association Publications.  Click here to Download Chapter 1.  Download pre-publications versions: Introduction and Comparative Analysis, Chapter 16 – Israel.
  9. Alterman, Rachelle and Cygal Pellach (2021), Regulating Coastal Zones: International Perspectives on Land Management Instruments, Routledge.  Click here to Download Chapter 1.  Download pre-publication versions of the five comparative chapters: Introduction, Parameters, and Comparative Analysis.

Published In Israel

  1. Alterman, Rachelle, (Editor), Urban renewal planning in Israel, Symposium 1970, Center for Urban & Regional Studies, Technion, 1972.  For dowload click here.
  2. Alterman, Rachelle, Arza Churchman, & Hubert Law-Yone, 1987, A handbook for public participation in planning, Michlol (Technion Textbook Publishing House). (Hebrew, Eng. abstract; 110 pp). (First edition was issued by the Center for Urban and Regional Studies, 1981).  Second edition (new Introduction and Update by RA), 1996.
  3. Alterman, Rachelle, & Morris Hill. 1985, Guidebooks for land standards for planning public services – Summary Volumes I and II,  (Vol. I:  A Concise Guidebook (190 pp.);  vol. II: Multi Use of Public Services (160pp).Center for Urban and Regional Studies, Technion, 1985. Hebrew. (Second edition of summary volume published May, 1992. (The 5 research reports that served as a basis for these guidebooks are listed under Research Reports).
  4. Alterman, Rachelle. 1990, Comparison of statutory planning systems in selected countries, Monograph. Klutznick Center for Urban and Regional Studies (Hebrew). 1990 (130 pp).  For download click here.
  5. Alterman, Rachelle. 1990, A Retrospective View of Israel’s Project Renewal, Lessons for Planning for New Immigration in the 1990s.  For download click here.
  6. Alterman, Rachelle and Arza Churchman. 1991, The Program for Neighborhood Renewal – The Great Experiment and its Conclusions, Published by Samuel Neaman Institute Books, Technion (Hebrew, 390 pp). ISBN 965-386-005-4.  For download click here.
  7. Alterman, Rachelle with Miri Vitek. 1991 (1996), From expropriations to agreements: Methods for obtaining land for public services, Published by the Klutznick Center for Urban and Regional Studies, Technion. First Edition 1991.  (Hebrew;  190 pp). ISBN 965-409-001-5.  Second edition (new Introduction and Update by RA), 1996.  For dowload click here.
  8. Alterman, Rachelle and Miri Vitek. 1991, Guidebook for calculating land requirements for public services, Published by the Klutznick Center for Urban and Regional Studies, Technion (Hebrew). 1991 (170 pp). ISBN 965-409-000-7.  Second edition (new Introduction and Update by RA). See under Citations by the Supreme Court.  For download click here.
  9. Alterman, Rachelle and Miriam Rosenstein. 1992, Israel’s Agricultural Land Protection Policy: The Law and Its Implementation, Published jointly by the Land Use Research Institute, Jerusalem, and the Center for Urban and Regional Studies, Technion.  (Hebrew;  ISBN 965-409-004-X; 200 pp.) Cited by the Supreme Court.  Click here for download.
  10. Alterman, Rachelle and Orli Naim. 1992, Compensation for decline in land values due to planning controls, Published jointly by the Land Use Research Institute, Jerusalem and the Klutznick Center for Urban and Regional Studies, 1992. (Hebrew; ISBN 965-409-005-8; 225 pp).  For download click here.
  11. Orni, Nira and Rachelle Alterman. 1995, Landowners versus the Authorities: A Cross-National Comparison of Expropriation of Land for Public Purposes, Center for Urban and Regional Studies. Hebrew.  Second edition 1996 (new Introduction and Update by RA).  For download click here.
  12. Gil, Irit and Rachelle Alterman. 1990. (1996), The land betterment levy in Israel: The law and an evaluation of its implementation,  Klutznick Center for Urban and Regional Studies, the Technion. (Hebrew; 130 pp.).]  In 1995 issued in book form, with new Foreword. Cited by the Supreme Court.  For download click here.
  13. Margalit, Lirit and Rachelle Alterman. 1998, From Fees to Contracts: Methods for Encouraging Developers to Participate in the Supply of Public Buildings and Services, Book published jointly by the Center for Urban and Regional Studies, the Technion, and the Israel Center for Local Authorities.   (Hebrew, 150 pp).  For download click here.
  14. Alterman, Rachelle. 1998, Farmland Preservation in the Face of Urbanization Pressures: What Can We Learn from the Experiences of Other Countries?, Monograph published jointly by the Israel Ministry of Agriculture and the Center for Urban and Regional Studies, the Technion.  (Hebrew, 75 pp).
  15. Alterman, Rachelle and Arza Churchman (in collaboration with Meir Garon). 1998, Density of Housing Areas: A Guidebook for Increasing the Efficiency in Utilizing Urban Land, Center for Urban and Regional Studies, Technion  (Hebrew; 130 pp).  [Cited as a basis for the Central District Planning Commission”s response to an appeal to the District Court for Administrative Matters, Central District; 2001].  For download click here.
  16. Alterman, Rachelle. 1999, Between Privatization and Continued National Ownership: A Future Land Policy for Israel, Floresheimer Research Institute, Jerusalem, 1999. (Heb., 76 pp.).  This booklet includes the updated contents of the Iyunei Mishpat paper (under ‘Refereed Papers’), plus several additional sections not, previously published. Cited by the Supreme Court.  Click here to download.
  17. Corren, Nurit and Rachelle Alterman. 1999, Design Control in Israel: Between freedom of architectural practice and public-planning goals., Center for Urban and Regional Studies, Technion (Heb. 120 pp.).  Cited by the Supreme Court.
  18. Rachelle Alterman and Tamy Stav. 2001, Conflict and Consensus Through Language: Trends of Change Toward the Arab Sector in Israel as Expressed in Urban and Regional Plans, Research Books series, The Tami Steinmetz Center for Peace Studies, Tel Aviv University (Hebrew; fully refereed anonymously by the Center and TAU).  For download click here.
  19. Rachelle Alterman and Tal Zafrir. 2004, High-Rise Buildings: Legal and Administrative Aspects, Technion: Center for Urban and Regional Studies (Hebrew; 85 pp).  For download click here.
  20. Rachelle Alterman and Iris Hann. 2004, Instruments of Open Space Preservation: What can Israel learn from other countries?, Center for Urban and Regional Studies and the Neaman Institute, Technion, with the Jewish National Fund, Jerusalem.  Published at the Technion.  For download click here.
  21. Rachelle Alterman and Einat Gavrieli, 2008, Between Excessive Centralization and Hesitant Decentralization: Plans Under Local Jurisdiction in Israel, Center for Urban and Regional Studies, Technion.  [Hebrew]. For download click here.
  22. Aviva Tsubari and Rachelle Alterman. 2008, Agreements Between Planning Authorities and Developers: Tel Aviv’s Innovative policies for exacting public amenities, Center for Urban and Regional Studies books.  For download click here.
  23. Hedva Hevroni and Rachelle Alterman. 2008, Distributive Justice and Real Property: Land Readjustment according to the Israel Planning and Building Law, Center for Urban and Regional Studies and the Neaman Institute, Technion (Hebrew). For download click here.
  24. Rachelle Alterman and Sarah Gazit-Weizman, 2009, The Weak Link: Design Control and Planning Law in Practice, Center for Urban and Regional Studies, Technion (Hebrew).  For download click here.
  25. Rachelle Alterman. 2009, Failed Towers: The Condominium Maintenance Conundrum, Ministry of the Interior and the Center for Urban and Regional Studies, Technion (Hebrew).  For download click here.
  26. Doron Druckman and Rachelle Alterman. 2010, Public Objections to Local Plans: Can they be foreseen?, Center for Urban and Regional Studies, Technion (Hebrew).  Click here to download.
  27. Shira Brand and Rachelle Alterman. 2010, Compensation Claims for Depreciation of Property Values Due to Planning Decisions: The Law and Practice in Israel, Center for Urban and Regional Studies, Technion. 2010. (Hebrew).  For download click here.
  28. Dafna Carmon and Rachelle Alterman. 2011, Will My Voice Be Heard? Public participation and the right to be heard in planning procedures in Israel, Center for Urban and Regional Studies, Technion (Hebrew).  For downlad click here.
  29. Mualem, Nir and Rachelle Alterman, 2012, Affordable Housing in Israel: Legal Aspects, Center for Urban and Regional Studies, Technion (Hebrew).  Click here to dowload.
  30. Alterman, Rachelle, Emily Silverman and Chaim Fialkoff, 2012, Affordable Housing: Statutory planning and local policy instruments.  Israel Ministry of Interior and Center for Urban and Regional Studies, Technion (Hebrew).  Click here to download.
  31. Ravit Hananel and Rachelle Alterman.  2015.  The Guardians over the Land: Israel’s National Lands Council. [Neturey Karta]. Contract with a leading Israeli publisher – HaKibbutz Hameuhad Publishers.  (Hebrew).

 

Chapters in Academic Books

  1. Hill, Morris & Rachelle Alterman, “The problem of setting flexible norms for land allocation for public facilities”, In New trends in urban planning, ed. by Dan Soen, Pergamon Press, 1979, pp. 94-102. (See also under refereed journals).  For download click here
  2. Alterman, Rachelle. 1999, Tributi sullo sviluppo immobiliare e offerta di servizi pubblici in Israele, In Fausto Curti (ed.), Urbanistica e fiscalita locale.  Rimini, Italy: Maggioli Editore, 1999: 151-174 (Italian version of above item).
  3. Alterman, Rachelle, “A method of monitoring land use plan implementation: Case study of an Israeli statutory Plan”, In Henk Voogd (ed.), Strategic planning in a dynamic society,  Delftsche Uitgevers Maatschappij, Holland, 1981, pp. 205-224 For download click here.
  4. Alterman, Rachelle, “Implementation analysis in urban and regional planning: Toward a research agenda”, In Planning Theory: Prospects for the 1980’s, ed. Patsy Healey, Glen McDougall and Michael Thomas, Planning Series, Vol. 23, 1982, Pergamon Press.  Chapter 15, pp. 225 – 245. For download click here
  5. Alterman, Rachelle & Morris Hill, “Land Use Planning in Israel”, In Nicholas N. Patricios (ed.), International Handbook on Land Use Planning, Greenwood Press, 1986, pp. 119-150. For download click here
  6. Alterman, Rachelle, “Exactions American style: The context for evaluation”, In R. Alterman (Ed.), Private Supply of Public Services: evaluation of real-estate exactions, linkage and alternative land policies.  New York University Press, 1988, pp. 3-21. For download click here
  7. Alterman, Rachelle and Jerold Kayden, 1988, “Developer provisions of public benefits: Toward a consensus vocabulary”, In R. Alterman (Ed.), (above), pp. 22-32. For download click here
  8. Alterman, Rachelle, “Exactions law and social policy in Israel”, 1988. In R. Alterman (Ed.), (above), pp. 182-202. [This article was expanded and revised for the legal community in two papers with similar titles listed under Papers in Refereed Journals].  For download click here
  9. Hill, Morris, Rachelle Alterman, Naomi Carmon, Arza Churchman & Mordecai Shechter, “Integrated evaluation of Israel’s program for neighborhood revitalization”, in Evaluation Methods of Urban and Regional Plans: Retrospect and Prospect”, eds. Daniel Shefer and Henk Voogd.  1990.
  10. Alterman, Rachelle, “Implementation Analysis of a National Neighborhood Program: The case of Israel’s Project Renewal”, pp. 123-141 in N. Carmon (ed.,.), Neighborhood  policy and programs – past and present.  London: Macmillan Press, 1990. (expanded version of the PSJ article listed under Papers in Refereed Journals).  [See also under Referees Papers, for the Policy Studies Journal version]
  11. Alterman, Rachelle, “Developer obligations for public services, American style: Lessons for British planners.”, pp. 162-174 in Land and property development processes in a changing context, ed. by Patsy Healey and Rupert Nebarro, Gower Publishing co., 1990. [Expanded version of #29 above].  For download click here
  12. Alterman, Rachelle, “Planning and implementation of Israel’s ‘Project Renewal’: A Retrospective View”, Chapter 10, pp. 147-169 in Neighborhood Regeneration: An international evaluation.  Editors:  Rachelle Alterman and Goran Cars.  London:  Mansell Pub. , 1991.[Selected parts of papers no. 22 and 25 are incorporated into this essentially-new paper) For download click here.
  13. Alterman, Rachelle, “Dilemmas about cross-national transferability of neighborhood regeneration programs”, Chapter 15, pp. 209-221 in Neighborhood Regeneration: An international evaluation.  Editors: Rachelle Alterman and Goran Cars.  London:  Mansell Pub., 1991.  (Revised and expanded version published as journal article in Urban Affairs Review – see under Papers in Refereed Journals) For download click here.
  14. Alterman, Rachelle, “Opening up the ‘Black Box’ in evaluating neighborhood programs: The implementation process in Israel’s project renewal”, Paper first published in the Policy Studies Journal (listed under Refereed Journals) was reprinted with permission in From Policy to Practice: International Perspectives on Housing and Social Renewal.  Edited by Rolf Froessler, Dortmund, Germany. Arbeitsgruppe Bestandsverbesserung (AGB).  1993 For download click here
  15. Churchman, Arza and Rachelle Alterman. 1997, The conflict over public open space in Tel Aviv-Jaffo, In D. Nahmias and G. Menahem (Eds.).  Tel Aviv Studies, Tel Aviv University (Hebrew): 39-64.  For download click here
  16. Alterman, Rachelle, 1999, “Can national land ownership in Israel be justified?”, pp. 265-309 in:  Dagan, Hanoch (ed.).  Land Law in Israel:  Between Private and Public.  [Hebrew; slightly revised version of the Iyunei Mishpat paper under Refereed Journals.]  Tel Aviv University: Ramot Press For download click here.
  17. Alterman, Rachelle. 2001, National-level planning in democratic countries: A cross-national perspective, Chapter 1, pp. 1-42 in National-Level Planning in Democratic Countries: An International Comparison of City and Regional Policy-Making,  edited by Rachelle Alterman. Liverpool University Press – Town Planning Review book series.  A book fully refereed by anonymous referees, through the editorial board of Town Planning Review at Liverpool University.  For download click here.
  18. Alterman, Rachelle. 2001, National-level planning in Israel: Walking the tightrope between centralization and privatization, Chapter 11, pp. 257-288, in National-Level Planning in Democratic Countries: An International Comparison of City and Regional Policy-Making,  edited by Rachelle Alterman. Liverpool University Press – Town Planning Review book series.  A book fully refereed by anonymous referees, through the editorial board of Town Planning Review at Liverpool University.  For download click here.
  19. Alterman, Rachelle, 2003, “The Land of Leaseholds: Israel’s Extensive Public Land-Ownership in an Era of Privatization”, Chapter 6 in : Steven C. Burassa  and Yu Hung Hong (eds.) , Leasing Public Land: Policy Debates and International Experiences.  Publisher:  The Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, Cambridge, Mass: 115-150. For download click here
  20. Rachelle Alterman, 2003, “Planning, Property Values, and Property Rights: The value capture and compensation issues revisited”, chapter in:   Betania Alfonsin and Edesio Fernandes, Eds.  Memorias del IV Seminario Internacional:  Derecho et Espacio Urbano.  UN: UNDP and Habitat.  Cuaderno de Trabajo 101
  21. Alterman, Rachelle. 2005, “A View from the Outside: The Role of Cross-National Learning in Land-Use Law Reform in the United States”, Chapter 19 (pp. 309-320) in Planning Reform om the New Century, edited by Daniel R. Mandelker.  Chicago:  Planners Press  For download of pre-publication version click here.  Entire book available for free download here.
  22. Alterman, Rachelle, 2007, “Much More than Land Assembly: Land Readjustment for the Supply of Public Services”. Chapter 3, pp. 57-86 in: Barrie Needham and Yu Hung Hong (Eds.) International Experiences in Land Readjustment., Lincoln Institute for Land Policy, Cambridge, Mass For download of pre-publication version click here.
  23. Alterman, Rachelle, 2007, “Land and Housing Strategies for Immigrant Absorption: lessons from the Israeli Experience”. In: Rex Brynen (ed.) , Palestinian Refugees: Challenges of Repatriation and Development.  IB Tauris, London and New York.  For download click here.
  24. Iris Frankel Cohen and Rachelle Alterman. 2009, “Exclusionary Zoning International”, in Amnon Lehavi and Meni Mauntner (Eds), “Spatial Exclusion in Israel”, Tel Aviv University Law School. Hebrew. For download click here
  25. Mitschang, Stephan, Dan Tarlock, Rachelle Alterman and Tim Schwartz (2010). “Summary”, in Stephan Mitschang (Ed), Energy Efficiency and Renewable energy in Town Planning Law (in English and German). Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang Verlag, pp: 167-174.
  26. Alterman, Rachelle, 2010, “The Maintenance of Residential Towers in Condominium Tenure: A Comparative Analysis of Two Extremes – Israel and Florida” , Chapter 5 pp. 73-90 in. Multi-Owned Housing: Law, Power and Practice. Edited by Sarah Blandy, Jennifer Dixon and Ann Dupuis. Aldershot, UK: Ashgate Publishing. For download click here
  27. Alterman, Rachelle, 2012, “Land use regulations and property values: The “Windfalls Capture” Idea Revisited”.  Invited Chapter 33, pp. 755-786 in: The Oxford Handbook of Urban Economics and Planning.  Edited by Nancy Brooks, Kieran Donaghy and Gerrit-Jan Knaap.  For download of pre-publication version, click here.
  28. Alterman, Rachelle, “Israel”, In R. Alterman et al, 2010, Takings International. Chicago: American Bar Association Publications.  Click here to download pre-publication version.
  29. Alterman, Rachelle (2013). “Sustainability Policies and Property Rights”. 10-12 in Institutional and Social Innovation for Sustainable Urban Development. Edited by Harald Mieg and Klaus Topfer. Routledge. (Short 2-page insert formatted for independent citation).
  30. Oren, Michelle, Rachelle Alterman and Yaffa Zilbershatz (2014). Housing Rights in Constitutional Legislation: A Conceptual Classification. Chapter in Contemporary Housing Issues in a Globalized World, Edited by Padraic Kenna, Ashgate.
  31. Nir Mualam and Rachelle Alterman (forthcoming), “The Time Factor in Historic Preservation Law and Policy in Israel”, invited chapter in: The Time Factor in Current Protection of Contemporary Architecture, Edited by Ugo Carughi and Massimo Visone, book to be published by the University of Naples, Federico II.

 

Papers in Refereed Journals

66.     Morris & Rachelle Alterman, “The choice of a site for a power station: An example of decision-making in planning”, Ir Ve’Ezor (City & Region), Vol. 1, No. 1, Oct. 1972, pp. 77-84  (Hebrew, abstract in English).  For download click here.

67.     Hill, Morris & Rachelle Alterman, “Interdisciplinary research in the service of the policy maker”, Ir Ve’Ezor (City & Region), No. 3, April 1973, pp. 71-78 (Hebrew, abstract in English).  For download click here.

68.     Alterman, Rachelle & John E. Page, “The ubiquity of values and the planning process”, Plan (Canada), Vol. 13 (1), July 1973, pp. 12-26  For download click here.

69.     Hill, Morris & Rachelle Alterman, “Power plant site evaluation: The case of the Sharon plant in Israel”, Journal of Environmental Management, No.2, 1974, pp.179-196 For download click here .

70.     Alterman, Rachelle & John W. Jr. Ragsdale, “The higher consciousness of plans and planners: Lessons from Israel and NEPA”, The Urban Lawyer, Vol. 9, No. 3 (summer), 1977, pp. 588-598.

Summary of the above paper, with commentary, is included in a casebook by Donald Hagman, Public Planning and control of urban land development, West. Publication 1980, pp. 38-39 For download click here .

71.     Alterman, Rachelle, “Land betterment taxation policy and public goals”, Riv’on Lekalkala, (Economics Quarterly), No. 95, Dec. 1977, pp. 390-401 (Hebrew).   [Paper reviewed in Karka (Land), Dec. 1977, pp. 26-29 (Hebrew), and I.C.L.P.S. Newsletter, Dec. 1977 (English)].  For Download click here.

72.     Alterman, Rachelle and Morris Hill, “Implementation of urban land use plans”, Journal of the American Institute of Planners, July 1978, pp. 274-285.  For download click here.

73.     Alterman, Rachelle, “Whatever happened to our land use plan: A method for analyzing transformations in planned land uses”, Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Vol. 13, 1979, pp. 275-283. Hebrew version published in Ir Ve’Ezor (city & Region), Vol. 4, No. 1, 1977, pp. 73-84 For download click here.

74.     Hill, Morris & Rachelle Alterman, “The problem of setting flexible norms for land allocation for public services”, EKISTICS, Vol. 46, No. 276 May-June 1979, pp. 161-165. (See first item under Chapters in Books; republished by Ekistics at their initiative, with the book editor’s permission.) For download click here.

75.     Alterman, Rachelle, “Land betterment taxation policy and planning implementation: Evaluation of the Israeli experience”, Urban Law and Policy, Vol. 2, No. 2, 1979, pp. 201-240.  For download click here.

76.     Alterman, Rachelle, “Decision-making in urban plan implementation: Does the dog wag the tail or the tail wag the dog?”, Urban Law and Policy, Vol. 3, No. 1, 1980, pp. 41-58. For download click here .

77.     Hill, Morris & Rachelle Alterman, “Distribution criteria for land for public services in Israel”, Journal of Urban Analysis, Vol. 6, No. 1, 1980, pp. 247-260.

78.     Alterman, Rachelle, “The planning and building law and local plans: Rigid regulations or a flexible framework”, Mishpatim (Laws),  (Law Journal of the Faculty of Law, Hebrew University, Jerusalem), Vol. 11, No. 2, 1981, pp. 179-220.  Paper also published in Ir Ve’Ezor (City and Region), Vol. 3, No. 4, 1981, pp. 6-25. (See under Citations by the Supreme Court).  For download click here.

78A.    Alterman, Rachelle, “Planning for public participation: The design of implementable strategies”, Environment and Planning B, 1982, 9(3) 295 – 313.  For download click here.

79.     Alterman, Rachelle, “British planning: A troubled look in the mirror”, (Review essay).  Journal of the American Planning Association, Vol. 48, No. 2, Fall 1982, pp. 499-503 For download click here .

80.     Alterman, Rachelle & Duncan, MacRae Jr., “Planning and policy analysis: Converging or diverging trends?”, Journal of the American Planning Association, Vol. 49, No. 2, Spring 1983, pp. 200-213. For download click here .

81.     Alterman, Rachelle, “Implementation analysis: The contours of an emerging debate”, (Review essay).  Journal of Planning Education and Research, Vol. 2, No. 3 (summer), 1983, pp. 63-65.  For download click here.

82.     Alterman, Rachelle & Shaul Amir, “Neighborhood open space forms and use of public open spaces: Haifa, Israel”, Landscape Journal, Vol. 2, No. 2 (Fall), 1983, pp. 145-154 For download: For download click here.

83.     Alterman, Rachelle, David Harris & Morris Hill, “The impact of public participation on planning: The case of the Derbyshire structure plan”, Town Planning Review, Vol. 55, No. 2, April 1984, pp. 177-196 For download click here.

84.     Alterman, Rachelle, Naomi Carmon & Morris Hill, “Integrated evaluation: A synthesis of approaches to the evaluation of broad-aim social programs”, Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Vol. 18, No. 6, 1984, pp. 381-389. For dow.nload click here

85.     Alterman, Rachelle, “Exactions of land for public services: Toward a reevaluation”, Mishpatim (Laws), (Law Journal of the Faculty of Law, Hebrew University, Jerusalem), Vol. 16, No. 2, Dec. 1985, pp. 179-245 (Hebrew). (See under Citations by the Supreme Court).  For download click here.

86.     Alterman, Rachelle, “Opening up the ‘Black Box’ in evaluating neighborhood programs: The implementation process in Israel’s project renewal”, Policy Studies Journal, Vol. 16, No. 2, Winter 1987-88, pp. 347-361 For download click here .

87.     Alterman, Rachelle, “What is an outline plan under the Planning and Building Law? Flexibility, continuous planning, and the implementation process”, Ir Ve’Ezor (City & Region), No. 18, 1988. (Hebrew, English abstract).  For download click here.

88.     Alterman, Rachelle with the late Moshe Hill, “Evaluating the decentralization policy of Israel’s project renewal”, Megamot (Israel Journal of Social Science), 1988. (Heb.; English abstract).  For download click here.

89.     Alterman, Rachelle, “Implementing decentralization for neighborhood regeneration: Factors promoting of inhibiting success”, Journal of the American Planning Association, 54  (4), 1988, 454-469 For download click here.

90.     Alterman, Rachelle, “Evaluating linkage and beyond: Letting the windfall recapture genie out of the exactions bottle”, Washington University Journal of Urban and Contemporary Law, Vol. 32, 1988: 3-49. [Paper based on monograph #4 under Books and Monographs].  For download click here.

91.     Alterman, Rachelle, “Evaluating linkage, and beyond”, Land Use Law and Zoning Digest, Vol. 41 No. 6 (June) 1989, 3-12 (abridged version of the above paper, at the Digest’s initiative) For download click here.

92.     Alterman, Rachelle, “Developer obligations for public services in Israel: Law and Social policy in a comparative perspective.”, Journal of Land Use and Environmental Law, Vol. 5, No. 3, 1990, pp. 649-684. This is an expanded versions of the item on exactions in Israel under Chapters in Books, rewritten for the international legal community. For download click here.

93.     Alterman, Rachelle, “From expropriations to agreements: Developer obligations for public services in Israel,”, Israel Law Review, Vol. 24 (1) Autumn 1990: 28-81. [This paper is an expanded version of item #72 above, and is intended for the legal community versed with Israeli law; it includes new sections on agreements and on the new legislation, and expands on other sections).

94.     Alterman, Rachelle, “A transatlantic view of planning education and professional organization”, Journal of Planning Education and Research, 12 (Oct. 1992): 102-117.  For download click here.

95.     Alterman, Rachelle, “The ‘Cold Fusion’ of Ideas from Public Planning with Corporate Management”, an essay in response to Guy Benveniste’s Book – Mastering the Politics of Expertise.  Planning Theory, Vol. 9 (summer) 1993: 55-68.

96.     Vraneski, Ariella and Rachelle Alterman, “Who is [not] afraid of citizen participation in planning,”, Ir Ve’Ezor 23, Sept. 1994: 123-150.

97.     Alterman, Rachelle, “Can planning help in time of crisis? Public-policy responses to Israel’s recent wave of mass immigration.”, Journal of the American Planning Association, Spring 1995: 156-177  For download click here.  (Reproduced in Italian publication Folio).

98.     Alterman, Rachelle, “A comparative view of neighborhood regeneration programs in nine countries: Are the lessons transferable?”, Urban Affairs Review (formerly Urban Affairs Quarterly) 30: 5, May, 1995: 749-765.  Revised version of item 37 under Chapters in Books. For download click here.

99.     Alterman, Rachelle, “The challenge of farmland preservation: lessons from a six-nation comparison”,  Journal of the American Planning Association, Vol. 63 (2) Spring: 220-243, 1997.   [Awarded the JAPA Best Paper Award for 1998]   For  download click here.

100.     Alterman, Rachelle, “Can national land ownership in Israel be justified?”, Iyunei Mishpat –  Tel Aviv University Law Review, Vol. 21 No. 3, 1998.  pp. 535-579. [Hebrew]  (See also, under Books above – Between Privatization and Continued National Ownership: A Future Land Policy for Israel).  See Citations by the Supreme Courts. For download click here.

101.     Alterman, Rachelle. 2000, “Land-use Law in the Face of a Rapid-Growth Crisis: The case of the mass-immigration to Israel in the 1990s”, Washington University Journal of Law and Policy,  Vol. 3: 773-840.  For download click here.

102.     Alterman, Rachelle. 2002, Invited article, “Farmland Preservation”, for the International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences, Neil J. Smelser and Paul B. Baltes (Eds.), section on Urban Studies and Planning, edited by Prof. Eugenie Birch.  (chosen by the editorial board as the world expert on this issue).  London:  Elsevier Science Publishers.  For download click here.

103.     Alterman, Rachelle and Hedva Hevroni, 2006, “Land Readjustment as a Tool for Obtaining Land for Public Needs: A cross-national review”, Real Property,   (Mekarkein – a law journal), Feb. (Hebrew). For download click here.

104.     Alterman, Rachelle. 2006-7, Guest editor: Special double issues – 320 pages – of Global Studies Law Review, on “Regulatory Takings in Land Use Law: A Comparative Perspective on Compensation Rights “. Vol. 5 (3) 2006 and Vol. 6 (1) 2007.

105.     Alterman, Rachelle, “Regulatory Takings International”, Global Studies Law Review. 2006.

106.     Alterman, Rachelle. 2007, “When the Right to Compensation for “Regulatory Takings” Goes to the Extreme: The Case of Israel”, Global Studies Law Review Vol. 6, 121-153. For download click here.

107.     Doron Druckman and Rachelle Alterman. 2008, “From Conflict to Consensus: Managing Objections in Planning Procedures”, Mekarkein [Real Estate Law Journal] Vol.7(3) May 08. (Hebrew). For download click here.

108.     Alterman, Rachelle, 2010, Decline in Land Values Due to Planning Regulations: , An International Comparative Analysis as a Basis for Legal Reform in Israel.  Mekarkein –  Real Estate Law Journal Sept.  (Hebrew).  Available here.

109.     Submitted to an Israeli academic law review journal: Nir Mualem and Rachelle Alterman, “The Cracked Brick:  The legal status of ‘design supplements’ under Israel’s Planning and Building Law” (Hebrew).

110.     Alterman, Rachelle, 2011, “The US Regulatory Takings Debate Through an International Lense”.  The Urban Lawyer.  Fall 2010-Winter 2011 Vol. 42-4 / 43-1.  For download click here.

111.     Rachelle Alterman, 2011, “Guest Editorial: Comparative research at the frontier of planning law: The case of compensation rights for land use regulations”, International Journal of Law in the Built Environment, Vol. 3 No. 2, 2011, pp. 100-112.  For download click here.

112. Dafna Carmon and Rachelle Alterman, 2013, “The Right to Object in Israel’s Building and Planning Law: Will the Reform Move Forward?” (Mekarkein – a law journal), January. (Hebrew). For download click here.

113. Rachelle Alterman, 2013, “Planning Laws, Development Controls, and Social Equity:
Lessons for Developing Countries”. Accepted for publication in World Bank Legal Review, July 2013 (Vol. 5).   For download, click here.

114. Yerach Doytsher and Rachelle Alterman, 2014.  “The Graduate Real Estate Program at the Technion in Israel: Rationale and Implementation Process”.  South-Eastern European Journal of Earth Observation and Geomatics.  For journal click here. To download pre-publication version, click here.

In preparation:
115.     With Tamy Stav: The language of plans and the ´coming of age´ of the planning profession.

116.     With Tamy Stav: Planguage: Between communicative planning theory and the real language of plans. (tentative title).

117.     With Ravit Hananel: Social views and the role of interest groups in the decisions of the Israel Lands Administration over time. (tentative title).

118.     Alterman, Rachelle and Munther Haddadin, “Transfer and Adaptation of Planning Laws: How British-Based Planning Legislation Has Persevered in Israel and Jordan”.

 

Book Reviews in Refereed Journals
119.     Review of Haim Darin-Drabkin’s book, Land Policies and Urban Growth.  In Economics Quarterly, No. 98, Sept. 1978, pp. 253-254 (Hebrew).  For downlload click here.

120.     Review essay of 5 titles on Exactions in the U.S.A., for the Journal of the American Planning Association, Vol. 54, No. 1, Winter 1988, pp. 115-117.

121.     Review of Graham Hallett´s (ed.) book, Land and housing policy in the U.S. and Europe for Town Planning Review, Fall 1989.

122.     Review of Barry Cullingworth’s book, The political culture of planning: American land use planning in a comparative perspective.  European Planning Studies, Vol. 2 No. 4, 1994: 551-553.

123.     Review of Graham Hallett’s (ed.) book, The new housing shortage: Housing affordability in Europe and the USA.  Town Planning Review.  1996.

124.     Review (by Nurit Corren and Rachelle Alterman) of the book Design Review: Challenging Urban Aesthetic Control, ed. by Brenda Case Scheer and Solfgang F.E. Preiser.  European Planning Studies Vol. 4, No. 2:249-251, 1996.

125.     Review of Daphna Lewinsohn-Zamir’s book, Injuries to land caused by planning authorities. Mishpatim, law journal of the Hebrew Univ. Law School, Vol. 26, 1996: 633-637. (Heb).  For dowload click here.

126.     Review of Negotiating Development: Rationales and Practices for Development Obligations  and Planning Gain by Patsy Healey, Michael Purdue, and Frank Ennis, London: E @ FN SPON.  Journal of the American Planning Association, Summer 1997: 406-7. For download click here.

127.     Review (by Rachelle Alterman with Tami Stav) of Collaborative Planning by Patsy Healey, for Town Planning Review, April 1999.  Click here for download.

128.     Review of:  Jerold S. Kayden, Privately Owned Public Spaces.  New York: John Wiley and Sons.  for Town Planning Review. Published in 2002.

129.     Review of :  John Forester, Raphael Fischler, and Deborah Shmueli (Eds.), Israeli Planners and Designers, for Journal of the American Planning Association 2002 Vol. 68: 461-462.  In a non-refereed newsletter. For download click here.

130.     Book review of Patsy Healey’s book, Local plans in British land use planning.  In Newsletter of ICLPS – International Center for Land Policy Studies, Nos. 29-30, Summer 1986.

 

Papers in other Journals or Series
For a partial list of my publications in Hebrew-language journals see MALMAD – Israel Center for Digital Information Services

130.     Alterman, Rachelle, “Israeli ideology: The emerging pattern”, Won 3rd prize in the Manford H. Kuhn Memorial Award Competition, Midwest Sociological Society, April 1968.

131.     Churchman, Arza, Law-Yone, Hubert & Alterman, Rachelle, “Public participation in Israel”, On Participation,  Newsletter published by the Graduate Center, City University of New-York, Dec. 1979.

132.     Alterman, Rachelle, “Who is afraid of the betterment tax?”, Mivnim (Structures), No. 3, 1981 (Hebrew).  For download click here.

133.     Alterman, Rachelle & Frenkel, Amnon, “Exactions of land for public services as a tool of plan implementation”, Karka (Land), Vol. 23, 1982 (English & Hebrew).  For download click here.

134.     Alterman, Rachelle, “British planning”, Karka (Land), Vol. 24, 1983 (Hebrew).  For download click here.

135.     Alterman, Rachelle, “What is the difference between city planning and architecture?”, Mivnim (Structures),  No, 18, 1983, pp. 34-35 (Hebrew).  For download click here.

136.     Churchman, Arza, Hubert Law-Yone & Rachelle Alterman, “Developing public participation strategies”, Tihnun Svivati  (Environmental Planning), No. 31, 1984, pp. 3-24 (Hebrew, abstract in English).

137.     Alterman, Rachelle, Ernest Alexander & Hubert Law-Yone., “Evaluation of the Israeli statutory planning system”, Karka (Land), No. 25, 1984, pp. 23-24 (Hebrew). (Adapted version of the final chapter of the monograph by these authors published by Pergamon Press).

138.     Alterman, Rachelle & Davidovic, Ronit, “Bibliography on land policy”, Karka (Land), Vol. 25, 1984, pp. 47-52 [Hebrew].

139.     Vitek, Miri & Rachelle Alterman, “Compensation for depreciation in land value due to planning controls”, Karka (Land), Vol. 27, Oct. 1986, pp. 9-16 (Hebrew).  For download click here.

140.     Alterman, Rachelle, Hill, Morris & Davidovic, Ronit, “Integrated use of public facilities: A method for evaluating alternative models”, Tihnun Svivati (Environmental Planning), No. 35, 1986: 3-21 [Hebrew].

141.     Alterman, Rachelle, “Weaknesses in the Israel Planning and Building Law and Directions for Reform”, Prepared for the for the Knesset Parliamentary Committee for Internal Affairs.  Appeared in Hareshut Netunah (Authority Granted), Vol. 1 No. 1, 1989, (Hebrew).  Also appeared as a Working Paper, Center for Urban and Regional Studies, Technion, 1989 (Hebrew). 25 pp.  For download click here.

142.     Alterman, Rachelle, “Transferring the burden of public services to developers: Legal aspects and social policy.”, Karka (Land), Vol. 31, 1989: 43-56 (Hebrew).  First appeared as a Working Paper issued by the Center for Urban and Regional Studies, Technion.  See under Citations by the Courts (district court).  For download click here.

143.     Alterman, Rachelle, “Land policy in France and the lessons it holds for Israel,”, Karka (Land), Vol. 32, 1990. [Hebrew].  For download click here.

144.     Vraneski, Ariella and Rachelle Alterman, “Citizen participation and planning laws: One step forward and two in reverse,”, Working Paper, Klutznick Center for Urban and Regional Studies, 1990 [Hebrew].  For download click here.

145.     Vraneski, Ariella and Rachelle Alterman, “Citizen participation in planning: The law, administrative rules, and the opinions of decision-makers,”, Working Paper, Klutznick Center for Urban and Regional Studies, 1991 [Hebrew].  For download click here.

146.     Alterman, Rachelle, “What can we learn from other countries in preparing a new Planning and Building Law for Israel?”, Karka (Land), Dec. 1992 (based on the final chapter from #14 under Books and Monographs – Comparison of Statutory Planning Systems in Selected Countries) [Hebrew].

147.     Alterman, Rachelle, “The Transfer of Planning-Related Ideas Across the Atlantic”, Interplan – Newsletter of the APA International Planning Division.  Part I: No. 45, Fall 1993. Part II – no. 46, Winter 1994.  Extra issue – winter 94.

148.     Alterman, Rachelle and Michelle Sofer, “Streamlined Procedures? The degree of success of the legislative efforts to shorten the time for planning control”, Bulletin:  The building Centre of Israel Bulletin. No. 42, Sept.-Oct. 1994:31-33 [Hebrew].  For download click here.

149.     Orni, Nira and Rachelle Alterman, “Land Expropriation in Israel: The Private Citizen versus the Public”, Research report summary in Mivnim, Dec. 1994 [Hebrew].

150.     Orni, Nira and Rachelle Alterman, “Land Expropriation in Israel: The Private Citizen versus the Public”, Full-length article published in two parts in Karka (Hebrew), in the 2, 1995 issues.  For download click here.

151.     via Mivnim journalists with Rachelle Alterman as de facto editor, “Land Readjustment in Israel: Symposium Report”, Symposium organized and refereed by RA.  Synopsis of proceedings in Mivnim, Feb. 1996, pp. 17-40 [Hebrew].

152.     via a journalist, Esther Kozlowski, with RA as de facto initiator and editor, “Who Will Implement the Israel 2020 Project?”, Report and summary of the international workshop held at Technion, organized by Rachelle Alterman., Jan. 1996 as part of the Israel 2020 Project.  Mivnim (Structures), March 1996: 18-30 [Hebrew].  For download click here.

153.     , “A Law that Draws Fire: Directions for a New Planning and Building Law”, based on recorded interview and edited by RA.  The Developer and Builder, Dec. 1996: 36-38 [Hebrew]. For download click here.

154. Alterman, Rachelle, “Israel’s national land and the ‘crawling privatization’ process”, Karka (Land – Special Issue – First National Conference on Land Policy), Vol. 52, 2001. [Hebrew].  For download click here.

155.     Nurit Corren and Rachelle Alterman [via a summary by the journalists of Mivnim], “Dilemmas of Design Control in Israel”, Mivnim  (Structures).

156.     Rachelle Alterman and Tal Zafrir, 2004, “Towers of Babel for the Rich”, Summary of the research report on: Legal and Administrative Aspects of Planning High Rise Residential Buildings (with a focus on the maintenance issue).  Mivnim Sept.-Oct.  pp. 20-32 (in Hebrew).

157.     Rachelle Alterman (2010), “Can the Unearned Increment in Land Values Be Harnessed to Supply Affordable Housing?”  Abridged paper in: Financing affordable housing and infrastructure in cities: towards innovative land and property taxation Conference Report.  UN Habitat, April 2010.  For download click here.

 

Research Reports
Note: Most of these reports are fully elaborated monographs about planning in the specific Israeli context. They are in extensive use and citation by the academic and professional community in Israel. Due to the shortage in academic publication avenues in Hebrew, they are issued in the format of Research Reports rather than published as journal articles or books.

157.     Evaluation of alternative sites for power plants (Hebrew).  Center for Urban and Regional Studies, Technion, 1972 (200 pp.). Wrote 2 chapters, one alone and one with Moshe Hill, and coordinated and edited the rest of the report.

158.     Hill, Morris, Hubert Law-Yone, & Rachelle Alterman, The implementation framework of urban plans in Israel. Report on research submitted to the Ford Foundation, 1975.

159.     Amir, Shaul & Rachelle Alterman, Patterns of use of neighborhood open spaces: An empirical study identifying the relationship between neighborhood physical form and the use of public parks.  Research Report presented to the Ministry of Construction and Housing, Center for Urban & Regional Studies, Technion, 1979.  80 pp.

160.     Contributor to research report edited by Moshe Hill and Naomi Carmon,  Slum rehabilitation in Israel, first report, The Samuel Neaman Institute for Advanced Studies in Science & Technology.  Wrote chapter on “Legal factors in the formation of slums”.  Appeared both in Hebrew (pp. 48-65) and English (pp. 68-90), 1979.

161.     Alexander, Ernest, Rachelle Alterman, & Hubert Law-Yone, Urban plan implementation: An evaluation of the Israeli statutory planning system. Research Report submitted to the Ford Foundation (served as basis for the Pergamon Press monograph – see Books)  75 pp.

162.     Churchman, Arza, Hubert Law-Yone, & Rachelle Alterman, Public participation in project renewal: An experimental application of methods. The Samuel Neaman Institute for Advanced Studies in Science & Technology 1981(Hebrew, abstract in English), 77 pp.

163.     Alterman Rachelle & Amnon Frenkel, Dedication of land for public services as an instrument in plan implementation. Interim report, Center for Urban & Regional studies, Technion and the Land Use Research Institute, 1982 (Hebrew).  66 pp.

164.     Alterman, Rachelle, & Morris Hill. 1977-1985.  Land standards for planning public services.  Vols. 1 through 6b (approx. 180 pp. each – Hebrew). Center for Urban and Regional Studies, Technion, 1977-85.  (The two Summary Volumes based on this applied research project – Part 6a and 6b- have been edited into a book format – see under Books published in Israel ).
The research reports were each published as freestanding guidebooks:
– Part 1: Open spaces and systems. 1977 (160 p.).
– Part 2: The education systems, 1978 (175 p.).
– Part 3: The health system, 1979 (175 p.).
– Part 4: Cultural & social facilities, 1980 (170 p.).
– Part 5: Religious facilities, 1981 (80 p.).

165.     Alterman, Rachelle, Naomi Carmon, & Morris Hill.  Comprehensive evaluation of Israel’s project renewal.  (5 volumes).  Final report to the International Evaluation Committee.  The Samuel Neaman Institute for Advanced Studies in Science & Technology, 1985. Wrote the following volumes or chapters:

166.     Alterman Rachelle with Morris Hill.  Evaluation of the institutional structure, planning and implementation.  Vol. 1,  220 pp.

167.     Alterman, Rachelle & Amnon Frenkel.  The outputs of project renewal: Services delivered and populations benefited. Vol. 3, part II.  120 pp.  (Hebrew and English versions).

168.     Neighborhood Report (Ir Ganim) – written as a model neighborhood report.  wrote two of four chapters.

169.     Vranesky, Ariella , Rachelle Alterman & Arza Churchman.  Public participation and the Israel Planning and Building Law. Center for Urban & Regional Studies, 1986 (Hebrew).  200 pp. (see various items on this topic listed above).

170.     Magen, Nava & Rachelle Alterman.  Statutory district plans in Israel: Their goals, implementation and impacts. Center for Urban & Regional Studies, Technion, 1986 (Hebrew, abstract in English).150 pp.

171.     Alterman, Rachelle.  Methods for supporting lower-income housing through linkage and related policies: An evaluating of suitability for New-York State. Report submitted to the Council for Fiscal and Economic Priorities of the State of New York, Feb. 1987.

172.     Alterman, Rachelle, and Miri Vitek.  Alternative methods for obtaining land for public facilities: Legal aspects and planning considerations.  Center for Urban & Regional Studies and the Ministry of the Interior, 1988 (Hebrew).  Revised and updated version published in book form, 1991;  see under Books and Monographs published in Israel. 150 pp.

173.     Vitek, Miri, Rachelle Alterman, and Morris Hill.  Calculating land requirements for public facilities in residential neighborhoods: A comprehensive model.  Center for Urban and Regional Studies and the Ministry of the Interior, 1988 (Hebrew).  Revised and updated edition published in book form, 1991;  see under Books and Monographs Published in Israel.  150pp.

174.     Gil, Irit and Rachelle Alterman.  The land betterment levy in Israel:  The law and an evaluation of its implementation.  Klutznick Center for Urban and Regional Studies, Technion, 1990 (Hebrew; 130 pp.) New edition in 1995 published in book format.

175.     Alterman, Rachelle et al.  Municipal land policy in Israel:  Does it exist?  Klutznick Center for Urban and Regional Studies, Technion, 1991. (Hebrew; 75 pp.). For download click here.

176.     Alterman, Rachelle and Laurie Goldman (research assistant).  1992. Planning and urban public services in the midst of accelerated growth:  The state of the art and recommendations for action.  Report submitted to the Renewal and Development Department, the Jewish Agency for Israel, Aug. (Hebrew or English; 70 pp.).

177.     Alterman, Rachelle, “The planning process for the national plan: The theoretical basis and its implications for setting goals and objectives,”  chapter (35pp) prepared for the final report of Stage I of the research project:  A national plan for Israel in the 21st century.  Project director, Arch. Adam Mazor.  Multi-authored report published by the Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning and the Israel Assoc. of Architects. Final report stage 1: 1994 (Hebrew).  For download click here.

178.     Alterman, Rachelle and Avi Mosseri, “An historic look at national planning in Israel:  Its institutions, legal basis, and goals,” chapter (45pp) prepared for the final report of Stage I of the research project:  A national plan for Israel in the 21st century.  Project director, Arch. Adam Mazor.  Multi-authored report published by the Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning and the Israel Assoc. of Architects.  Final report, stage 1,:1994 (Hebrew).  For download click here.

179.     Alterman, Rachelle and Michelle Sofer.  Streamlining Procedures?  The degree of success of recent legislative attempts to shorten the time for approval of statutory plans.  Research report submitted to the Ministry of the Interior, Oct. 1994. [Hebrew; 60 pp].  Downloads:  Part 1  Part 2.

180.     Vraneski, Ariella and Rachelle Alterman, and Arza Churchman.  Resolving conflicts in national highway planning.  Interim report (1993) presented to the Ministry of Transportation.  Center for Urban and Regional Studies, Technion, Final report, Oct. 1994.  [Hebrew; 190 pp]. For download click here.

181.     Gertel, Shulamit and Rachelle Alterman.  Ethics for Planners amidst Political Conflict:  The Case of Israel.  Center for Urban and Regional Studies, Technion.  1994. [English; 250pp].

182.     Alterman, Rachelle and Arza Churchman.  Conflicts over the Planning of Public Spaces and Their Mitigation:  The Case of Public Parks and Parking in Tel Aviv.  Final report to the Israel Association for Research and Educational Funds (Ford). Center for Urban and Regional Studies, Technion, 1995.  Issued in revised form in the Center’s booklet series, Nov. 1996. [Hebrew; 100pp].

183.     Churchman, Arza and Rachelle Alterman, and Ariella Vranesky. Conflicts over the Planning of Public Spaces and Ways of Alleviating Them:  The Attempts to Replace Parks in Tel Aviv with Underground Parking.  Center for Urban and Regional Studies, 1996.

184.     Alterman, Rachelle.  Editor:  National-Level Planning Institutions and Policies:  A 10-Country Comparison.   Introduction by RA in Eng. and Heb.  Report # 9 in Stage 3 of: Israel 2020: A national plan for Israel in the 21st century.  Guy Kav Venaki, Research Assistant. Project director, Adam Mazor. Summer 1996. [English with bi-lingual introduction. 205 pp.].  To download introduction click here. To download full report click here

185.     Alterman, Rachelle. Editor.  Israel’s Future Land Policy:  Position Papers.  Report # 10a in Stage 3 of:  Israel 2020: A national plan for Israel in the 21st century. Guy Kav Venaki, Coordinator.  [Project director, Adam Mazor].  Fall 1996. [Hebrew; 180pp].

186.     Alterman, Rachelle.  From Long-Range Planning to Implementation:  Institutional Changes and Decision-Making.  Policy Report in the Set of Final Reports of: Israel 2020: A national plan for Israel in the 21st century. Research assistant and coordinator:  Guy Kav Venaki. [Project director, Adam Mazor].  Feb. 1997.  [Hebrew; 120pp].  For download click here.

187.     Alterman, Rachelle.  Land Policy for Israel’s Future:  Projected Trends and Tools for Implementing Planning Policies.  Policy Report in the Set of Final Reports: Israel 2020: A national plan for Israel in the 21st century. Research assistant and coordinator: Guy Kav Venaki. [Project director, Adam Mazor]. March 1997. Hebrew.  For download click here.  Appendix 1, Appendix 3.

188.     Alterman, Rachelle and Ariella Prengler-Rosmarin. 1997.  Planning Legislation During the Mass-Immigration Crisis:  The Good, the Bad, and the Controversial.  Working paper, Center for Urban and Regional Studies, Technion [in Hebrew].  For download click here.

189.     Alterman, Rachelle and Arza Churchman (in collaboration with Meir Garon).    Density of Housing Areas: A Guidebook for Increasing the Efficiency in Utilizing Urban Land.   Research report submitted to the Ministry of the Interior, Center for Urban and Regional Studies,  1998 (140 pp;  Hebrew).

190.     Alterman, Rachelle and Iris Hann,  Dec. 2000.   Legal and Administrative Methods for Protecting Open Space from Development:  The International State of the Art Compared with the Israeli Set of Tools.  Research report submitted to the Keren Kayemet Le’Israel (Jewish National Fund).

191.     Alterman, Rachelle and Tal Zafrir.  2000-2002  Legal-administrative aspects of high-rise buildings.  Interim reports submitted to the Ministry of Interior.   Research Reports Stages 1- 3, edited by Arza Churchman and Amir Mann: Evaluating High-Rise Development, Center for Urban and Regional Studies Technion.  See under Books above.

192.     Alterman, Rachelle and Tal Zafrir, 2003.  Legal-Administrative Considerations in Planning High-Rise Buildings.    Part of a multi-disciplinary project headed by Arza Churchman that produced the Guidebook to Assessing Plans for High Rise Development.  Center for Urban and Regional Studies, Technion, and the Ministry of the Interior.  Financed by the Ministry of the Interior. See under Books above.

193.     Alterman, Rachelle, 2003.  Municipal co-existence or separation:  Arab-Bedouin and Jewish villages in regional councils in Israel.  Research assistants:  Karmit Ohayon, Anan Salameh and Noa Gecht.  Report submitted to the Misgav regional council.

194.     Alterman, Rachelle, with Nurit Corren, Yael Geist and Iris Levin (2005) Design Control in Neighborhood Plans:  Advantages and Constraints.   Final report submitted to the Ministry of Construction and Housing.  Technion: Center for Urban and Regional Studies. See under Books above.

195.     Carmon, Dafna and Rachelle Alterman. 2005.  Public Participation and the Right to be Heard under the Israel Planning and Building Law (research report, financed by a Mifal HaPaiis Local Government grant).  See under Books above.

196.     Alterman, Rachelle with Iris Levin, Tamar de la Zerda and Doron Alteman. “The problem of maintenance in high-rise condominium housing in Isreal:  Are there lessons from overseas?”  Report submitted to the Ministry of the Interior, March 2006.  See under Books above.

197.     Alterman, Rachelle and Erela Enden. Major Issues in Land Policy in Israel, based on interviews with interest group representatives, 1988.  Appendix 1 from Land Policy for Israel’s Future: Projected Trends and Tools for Implementing Planning Policies. Policy Report in the Set of Final Reports: Israel 2020: A national plan for Israel in the 21st century.  March 1997. Hebrew.  For download click here.

198.     Alterman, Rachelle and Guy Kav Venaki. Land Policy: Free market versus governmental involvement. Appendix 3 from Land Policy for Israel’s Future: Projected Trends and Tools for Implementing Planning Policies. Policy Report in the Set of Final Reports: Israel 2020: A national plan for Israel in the 21st century. March 1997. Hebrew. For download click here.

 

Professional and Consulting reports
199.     Alterman, Rachelle, Planning for Churchill´s Communities. Planning report submitted to the Federal Department of Public Works, Province of Manitoba Office, Winnipeg, Canada, 1969 (120 pp.).

200.     Livnat, Amos & Alterman, Rachelle.  Five Planning Briefs for the following new towns or  neighborhoods: Tirat Carmel, Yokneam, Nesher, Nahariya, and Kiryat Yam.  1973?4.  Submitted to the Ministry of Housing.  Hebrew.

201.     Amir, Shaul, Rachelle Alterman, and Amnon Frenkel.  Evaluation of impacts of the proposed annexation of areas of Mate Yehuda Regional Council to Jerusalem.   Klutznick Center for Urban and Regional Studies, November 1990.  (Hebrew; 130 pp.).  For download click here.

202.     Expert opinion submitted to the Ministry of Interior and appended to the consultation version of the large-scale amendment to the Planning and Building Law.  Expropriation without Compensation (Exactions) and the Israel Basic Law: Personal Dignity and Freedom.  June 1994. [Hebrew; 30 pp].

203.     Alterman, Rachelle.  (Research assistant, Julia Ziplinger). 1996.  Comparative Analysis of Plan Documents from Selected Countries.   Report submitted to the Tel Aviv Municipality as part of the consultation re. methodology of strategic plan preparation.  [Hebrew; 50 pp].

204.     Alterman, Rachelle (Research assistant, Gilad Hazan).  January 2002. Land and Housing Strategies for Immigrant Absorption:  What Can the Palestinians Learning from the Israeli Experience.  Unpublished report (130 pp) commissioned by an international agency.

205.     Alterman, Rachelle. 2005 (July) Planning for the Re-Unification of Nicosia with Emphasis on Its Historic Center. Report commissioned by the United National Development Programme and the Nicosia Master Plan Bi-Communal Project.

206.     Alterman, Rachelle (2010).  Report (15000 words) – major input into the OECD Report:  Poland’s Urban Policy Review. Member of the OECD Country Evaluation Team and author of major parts of the final report.  Click here to preview/purchase.

207.     Alterman, Rachelle (2010). Professional Opinion requested by the Knesset Committee on Internal Affairs and Environmental Protection during the deliberations on the “reform” Planning and Building Bill: On How are infrastructure and other government-promoted projects handled under planning laws in other countries? Nov. Hebrew.  Available here.

 

National-Newspaper Articles:
Alterman, Rachelle. “Backwards March,” article published in Davar national newspaper criticizing a change in the planning law enacted by the Knesset July 7, 1986 that diminished citizen objection rights. [Hebrew]. For download click here.

Alterman, Rachelle.  “Building for Generations,” Haaretz national newspaper, July 16, 1990, commenting on legislation proposed in the wake of mass migration that would re-centralize planning powers, analyzing its likely longterm effects.

Nati Marom and Rachelle Alterman. “Israel Should Enhance its Aid in Urban Policies in Developing Countries”.  The Marker-Haaretz national newspaper. Feb. 5 2015.

 

Written or oral pro-bono inputs to Knesset (Israel parliament)
Meetings or written communication with individual Knesset members, government minister, and interest groups re. amendments to the Planning and Building Law:  in 1986, re. encroachment on citizen participation rights; in 1988 re. the comprehensive Amendment 26; in summer 1989 re. Emergency Law for Shortening Planning Procedures (proposed to combat unemployment; pre-immigration);  in July 1990, re. short-term legislation to shortcut planning procedures in connection with construction for the waves of new immigrants;  in autumn 1991, re. proposals to extend and expand the short-term legislation; in September 1993, re. criticism of special bill to exempt the Dead Sea Chemical Co. from some planning regulations; and alignment for planning for peace; in Jan. 1994 – re. a proposed extensive revision of the Planning and Building Law.  1995- lobbying to curtail proposal to fine so-called unmerited objections by citizens to deposited plans (my personal lobbying, newspaper report, plus appearance before the Knesset Committee in March 1995, successfully averted this proposal).  Pro-bono consultation for M.K. Anat Ma’or and attorney Abe Neeman re. land policy reform on kibbutz land (1996).  Preparation of a personal brief on the future of agricultural land under the Israel Lands Administration, sent to 10 Knesset members and other officials, May 1997.  2005 – Lobby Knesset members to initiate legislation to ensure sustainable maintenance of high-rise residential condominium buildings, based on my recommendations in a research report.  January and February 2005 – meetings with the Knesset Commissioner for Future Generations about national land policy.  January 2009 – meeting with a referee of the Ministry of Finance (at his request) to discuss reform in the Israel Lands Administration and in planning laws.  (During 2009 and 2010) Oral evaluation comments regarding the Planning and Building Bill 2010 – requested by the National Planning and Building Board, the Director Generals’ Steering Committee for the Bill, public and private meetings convened by the leadership of the National Planning Administration.  2010-2011 – regular oral and written inputs as consultants to the Knesset Committee for Internal and Environmental Affairs during the legislative process of the Reform Bill – Israel Planning and Building Law (click here for extracts – Hebrew).