Analysing the growth of the settlements along the border between Israel and the occupied West-Bank, the Green-Line, this book examines the lives lived around these lines, from the 1970s to the present day, attempting to understand the interface between the state's strategy of territorial expansion and individual, as well as corporate, interests.
Analysing the growth of the settlements along the border between Israel and the occupied West-Bank, the Green-Line, this book examines the lives lived around these lines, from the 1970s to the present day, attempting to understand the interface between the state's strategy of territorial expansion and individual, as well as corporate, interests.
Gabriel Schwake is an architect, urban designer and researcher. He is a Lecturer at the Sheffield School of Architecture, at the University of Sheffield, and co-director of Studio Sabra. Gabriel's work focuses on the issues of identities, conflicts, and neoliberalism, as well as the influences of nation-building and privatisation on the process of spatial production.
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PREFACE 1. INTRODUCTION 2. BACKGROUND 3. [Neo]RURALISATION & THE COMMUNITY SETTLEMENT 4. GENTRIFICATION & THE SUBURBAN SETTLEMENT 5. MASS-SUBURBANISATION & THE STARS SETTLEMENT 6. FINANCIALISATION & HARISH CITY 7. CONCLUSIONS.