Gentrification in Israel: Mapping Displacement of Residents in Urban Renewal Projects
2022
Iris Brodkin & Nir Mualam
This research focuses on gentrification processes that occur in Israeli urban renewal projects. We focus on "Demolition and Reconstruction" projects, in which existing tenements are demolished and replaced by newer, often high-rise developments.
Back from the Dead? National Outline Plan No. 38, Value Capture, and Perceptions of Stakeholders: An Evaluation Report. Haifa: The Technion
2020
Nir Mualam, Eyal Salinger, Sarah Goldberg
Depicting Israel's National Outline Plan (No. 38), also known as 'TAMA 38', which is designed to make existing buildings earthquake ready. The study explores this policy as a Value Capture tool and its impact on local development.
Allocations of Public Services in Mixed Use Development. Haifa: The Center for Urban & Regional Studies
2019
Nir Mualam, Eyal Salinger & Gal Neuhaus
The study reviews Israeli policies that enable a new type of urban mix: public amenities incorporated as floorspace within mostly private development.
Key findings from this publication were presented before the Israeli Parliament in August 2018 as part of discussions about a newly proposed government bill. This publication was cited by the National Real Estate Appraisal Board (Case No. 429-116-2019).
Forever Young? The Maintenance of High-Rise Housing Estates in Israel: Towards a Comprehensive Policy Framework. Haifa: The Center for Urban & Regional Studies
2018
Nir Mualam
Depicting the challenges of maintaining high-rise residential buildings in Israel. The study reviews existing policies and identifies implementation gaps.
This publication was cited and was the basis for a report by Israel’s Ministry of Housing and Construction on High-Rise Urbanism (December 2017).
Affordable Housing in Israel: Legal Aspects. Haifa: The Center for Urban & Regional Studies
2013
Nir Mualam & Rachelle Alterman
The study explores existing and future policies and domestic regulations that could aid local and central governments to provide a range of affordable housing solutions.
Statutory Planning Tools for the Provision of Affordable Housing . Haifa: The Center for Urban & Regional Studies
2009
Rachelle Alterman, Emily Silverman, Haim Fialkoff, Nir Mualam, Michal Yukle
Chapters in Books (English)
- Nir Mualam. “Tracing the Effectiveness of Land Use Regulation: The Case of Heritage Protection Measures, Flexibility and Adaptations”. Chapter in Ronit Levine-Schnur Ed. (2020). Measuring the Effectiveness of Real Estate Regulation, pp. xx-xy. To be published by Springer (English).
- Nir Mualam (2018), “Looking at the US for Inspiration: Transfer of Development Rights in Israeli Land Use Planning”, in Jean-David Gerber, Thomas Hartmann, & Andreas Hengstermann (eds.) Instruments of Land Policy: Dealing with Scarcity of Land. London: Routledge.
- Rachelle Alterman and Nir Mualam (2016), “Israel”, short chapter in: Ugo Carughi (ed.) Preservation of Contemporary Architecture. Torino: Umberto Allemandi.
- “Cautious Urban Renewal as a Means to Rehabilitate Cities”. Short Chapter in Heinrich Boll Stiftung (2015). From Berlin to Tel Aviv: Towards a New Set of Tools in Conservation and Urban Renewal, pp. 21-26. Tel Aviv: A Tel Aviv Municipality and Heinrich Boll Publication (English and Hebrew).
- “New Models of Ownership as a Means to Encourage Fair Housing: The Syndicates in Germany”. Short Chapter in Heinrich Boll Stiftung (2015). From Berlin to Tel Aviv: Towards a New Set of Tools in Conservation and Urban Renewal, pp. 15-20. Tel Aviv: A Tel Aviv Municipality and Heinrich Boll Publication (English and Hebrew).
Chapters in Books (Hebrew)
- “Case-law Concerning Design Briefs”. Chapter in Sara-Gazit Weitzman and Rachelle Alterman, The Weakest Link: Design Briefs in Israel. Haifa: The Center for Urban & Regional Studies, 2009 (In Hebrew). This publication was cited by the Supreme Court of Israel.
- “The Legal Framework for Developer Obligations”. Chapter in Aviva Tzubari and Rachelle Alterman, Public Objectives and Private Obligations: Agreements between local Authorities and Developers. Haifa: The Center for Urban and Regional Studies, 2008 (In Hebrew). This publication was cited by the Supreme Court of Israel.
- “Development Levies: A Comparative International Analysis”, Chapter in Offer Shaffir, Development Levies, Tel Aviv: Nevo Publishing, 2003 (In Hebrew).