List of Figures
List of Tables
Preface
Acknowledgments
PART I: CITY AND SOVEREIGNTY
1. Urban Arenas of Ethnic Conflict
Divided and Polarized Cities
Urban Policy amidst Polarization
2. Cities as Catalysts
Governing Ideology and Urban Policy
Urban Policy and Ethnic Conflict
3. Investigating Urban Policy and Conflict
Jerusalem and Belfast
Research Methods
PART II: JERUSALEMTHE FALLACY OF PARTISAN POLICY
4. Israel's "Jerusalem"
Background
Physcial and Demographic Setting
Political Control
Jewish-Arab Relations
Israeli Urban Policy Since 1967
Urban Goals
Structure of Israeli Planning
Operationalizing "Unification" and "Security"
Magnitude
Location
Restrictions
"Yes, We Have Plans": The Mismatch between Israeli Planning and the Arab Community
Urban Service Delivery in a Contested City
Urban Disparities and Political Strategy
5. Partisanship and the Palestinians
The Internal Dynamics of Partisanship
The Intersection of National and Municiple Imperatives
"This Was a Glorious Time": The Psychology of Israeli Planning
Palestinians and Israeli Urban Policy
Jerusalem's Palestinians
Tactics of Resistance
Counterstrategies
6. Jerusalem, the West Bank, and Peace
Thickening the Land-Use War
Metropolitan Jerusalem
Goals and Aspirations of Metropolitan Planning
Perceived Separability of the Functional from the Political
Professional Techniques Aimed at Conflict Amelioration
Planned Participants
Planning Outputs amidst Political Contest
Jerusalem and the West Bank
Has Israel Achieved Its Goals Pertaining to Jerusalem?
The Fallacy of Partisan Planning
Buffer or Flashpoint?
The Future of Jerusalem: City and Sovereignty
Jerusalem Negotiated: Toward Mutual Coexistence
Reconceptualizing Urban Planning and Policy
PART III: BELFASTGREYNESS WHERE COLOR MATTERS
7. Territoriality and Governance
Background
Physical and Demographic Setting
Political Control
Economic Aspects
Sectarian Geographies and the "Peacelines"
Urban Engagement: Participants and Principles
Participants in Belfast Urban Policy
Community Activism amidst Strife
Greyness Where Color Matters
Town Planning and Ethnic Divisions
Public Housing and Segregation
8. Lost Opportunities, Unequal Outcomes
At the Sharp Edge
Government Tactics amidst Polarization
Marginalization of Planning and Strategy
Outcomes of Belfast Urban Policies
Neutral Means, Unequal Outcomes
Public Perceptions
Twenty Years of Deprivation
9. The Demands of Peace
Managing Differential Community Needs
Progressive Ethnic Management
Emerging Innovative Policy Approaches
Acknowledging Ethnic Community Dynamics
Bridging the Ethnic Divide
Pursuing Fair Treatment by Government
Spatial Targeting
Strategic Investments for Community Viability
Toward Coexistence
The Future of Belfast: City and Sectarianism
PART IV: CONCLUSIONS
10. Urban Policy on Narrow Ground
Urban Policy amidst Polarization
Ideology, Urban Policy, and Ethnic Conflict
The Challenge of Urban Coexistence
Appendices
1. Research Issues
2. Interviews Conducted
Notes
References
Index