Pollution in a Promised Land

  [Dedication]
  Contents
  Illustrations
  Acknowledgments
  Preface

 collapse section1. The Pathology  of a Polluted River
 THE MACCABIAH GAMES, 1997
 SASHA ELTERMAN'S NIGHTMARE
 ENVIRONMENTAL DISBELIEF AND DENIAL
 THE DEATH OF A RIVER
 REVIVING THE YARKON
 RESPONDING TO THE YARKON CRISIS
 A RIVER AS AN ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR
 WHY STUDY ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY?
 collapse section2. Reclaiming a Homeland
 THE ZIONIST IDEA
 THE ROMANTICS
 THE RATIONALISTS
 collapse sectionDESPERATELY SEEKING HOME
 Toward Indigenousness
 AN ISRAELI ENVIRONMENTAL ETHIC
 collapse section3. Palestine's Environment,  1900–1949
 collapse sectionPALESTINE CIRCA 1900: THE MANY MEANINGS OF “DESOLATION”
 The British Mandate
 CONSERVATION POLICY DURING THE MANDATE
 SUBSISTENCE PERSISTS: THE AGRARIAN ARAB ECONOMY
 THE ZIONIST AGRICULTURAL REVOLUTION
 SUSTAINABILITY
 ANTECEDENTS OF HEAVY INDUSTRY
 MALARIA
 URBAN ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS
 THE YISHUV'S INCIPIENT ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENT
 TROUBLE AHEAD
 collapse section4. The Forest's Many  Shades of Green
 THE BIRTH OF THE JEWISH NATIONAL FUND
 A SLOW START
 THE IRON MAN TAKES THE HELM
 THE FIRST BUDS OF A FOREST SERVICE
 THE SCIENCE AND SOCIOLOGY OF EARLY JNF AFFORESTATION
 THE FATHER OF THE FORESTS
 THE JERUSALEM PINE COMES OF AGE
 NATURAL AND UNNATURAL ENEMIES
 A NEW INSTITUTIONAL IDENTITY
 THE NEW STATE STARTS PLANTING
 THE NEW FORESTERS
 THE ENVIRONMENTAL CRITIQUE
 NEW LEAVES BEYOND THE PINES
 BORN-AGAIN ECOLOGY
 UNRESOLVED CONFLICTS
 TOWARD SUSTAINABILITY
 collapse section5. The Emergence of an  Israeli Environmental  Movement 
 A SWAMP IS LOST, BUT A SOCIETY IS BORN
 HITTING ITS STRIDE
 BUILDING AN EMPIRE
 THE EARLY BATTLES
 MIDDLE AGE
 AN ORGANIZATIONAL OVERHAUL
 THE VOICE OF AMERICA CAMPAIGN
 THE RIVER JORDAN'S LAST ROAR
 THE TRANS-ISRAEL HIGHWAY
 THE ROAD AHEAD
 collapse section6. A General Launches  a War for Wildlife
 FIFTEEN YEARS AN ORPHAN
 TOWARD A NATURE RESERVE AUTHORITY
 THE KNESSET'S GREENEST DAY
 SMILANSKY'S SOLOMONIC COMPROMISE
 AVRAHAM YOFFE ENTERS THE STAGE
 A SAFE PLACE FOR NATURE
 FLOWER POWER
 RANGERS AND NATURALISTS
 NATURAL ENEMIES
 THE NEXT GENERATION
 AN AMBIVALENT QUEST FOR GOOD SCIENCE
 THE WATCHDOG BARKS
 DANCING WITH LEOPARDS
 THE LEOPARD'S LEGACY
 RECLAIMING DIVERSITY: THE HAI BAR INITIATIVE
 “NEW DEAL” FOR NATURE
 A BASIS FOR HOPE
 collapse section7. The Quantity and Quality  of Israel's Water Resources
 A RELUCTANT WATER CHIEF
 WATER PLANNING: WHO'S IN CHARGE?
 A DESERT FANTASY
 TVA ON THE JORDAN
 WATER WARS: ROUND 1
 STAGE THREE: THE NATIONAL WATER CARRIER
 THE NATIONAL CARRIER: THE ENVIRONMENTAL UPSHOT
 NEW WATER LAW, NEW WATER COMMISSIONER,  OLD WATER POLICY
 THE MIXED BLESSINGS OF WASTEWATER REUSE
 SALINITY: THE POLLUTANT OF CHOICE
 BLUE BABIES AND NITRATES
 ISRAEL'S IRRIGATION MIRACLE
 INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION
 MUNICIPAL RESPONSIBILITY: THE MISSING LINK
 THE KINNERET SECRETARIAT: A RARE POINT OF LIGHT
 THE END OF THE OVERDRAFT ERA?
 THE WATER CYCLE
 THE LAST DROP
 collapse section8. Israel's Urban Environment,  1948–1988
 PLANNING FOR A NEW NATION
 ISRAEL'S LITTLE-KNOWN FLING WITH COMPOSTING
 KANOVICH'S LEGISLATIVE FIX
 CIRCUMVENTING THE PLANNING LAW:  TEL AVIV'S RENEGADE POWER STATION
 AN ENVIRONMENTAL AGENCY SLIPS THROUGH
 THE UPSTARTS
 ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING
 A SOLID-WASTE MASTER PLAN DIES FROM DELAY
 FROM PLANNING TO ACTION
 PROTECTING THE MEDITERRANEAN
 PLAYING HARDBALL WITH AIR POLLUTERS
 CHEMICAL ANARCHY
 THE SOCIOLOGY OF NEGLECT
 collapse section9. A Ministry  of the Environment  Comes of Age
 ELECTION STALEMATE
 LABOR PAINS
 MILOH'S FIRST FIGHT
 A MINISTRY WITHOUT A MINISTER
 THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING
 AN UNPOPULAR BOSS
 AN ACCIDENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL HERO
 ENVIRONMENTAL EUPHORIA
 THE MEDIA DARLING
 FROM POVERTY TO MIDDLE CLASS
 AN ENVIRONMENTAL YEAR
 A GREENER MINISTRY
 OPEN SPACES
 SARID'S POLITICAL REALITY CHECK
 SYMPTOMS VERSUS STRATEGY
 OUT OF TIME
 LIFE WITH A MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND ENVIRONMENT
 CHANGE AND CONTINUITY
 EVERYONE'S PROBLEM AND NO ONE'S IN PARTICULAR
 collapse section10. Israel, Arabs, and  the Environment
 MINORITY STATUS
 THE ELUSIVE CONCEPT OF ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
 THE SEWAGE GAP
 JEWISH TREES
 THE SPNI'S ARAB UNIT
 THE NATURE RESERVES AUTHORITY
 THE GREEN PATROL
 AFFIRMATIVE ACTION AT THE MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT
 OCCUPIED AND POLLUTED
 A DWINDLING INDIGENOUS ENVIRONMENTAL ETHOS
 A JOINT ENVIRONMENTAL AGENDA
 collapse section11. Environmental Activism  Hits Its Stride
 THE FIRST ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCATES
 THE NUCLEAR NEMESIS
 ASTHMA AND ACTIVISM
 POLITICS AND CEMENT
 A MARSH AND MIGRATION
 PUBLIC-INTEREST ENVIRONMENTAL LAW TAKES HOLD:  ADAM TEVA V'DIN
 THE BATTLE FOR ISRAEL'SCOASTS
 GREEN PARTIES
 NEW AGENDAS AND PARTNERS
 THE PUBLIC'S HEARTS AND MINDS
 collapse section12. Toward a Sustainable  Future?
 LIFE IN THE THIRD JEWISH COMMONWEALTH
 GETTING TOUGH AND SMART WITH POLLUTERS
 DISAPPEARING SPACE
 THE LAND IS FULL
 TECHNOLOGICAL OPTIMISM
 HEALING THE PROMISED LAND

 collapse sectionNotes
 CHAPTER 1: THE PATHOLOGY OF A POLLUTED RIVER
 CHAPTER 2: RECLAIMING A HOMELAND
 CHAPTER 3: PALESTINE'S ENVIRONMENT, 1900–1949
 CHAPTER 4: THE FOREST'S MANY SHADES OF GREEN
 CHAPTER 5: THE EMERGENCE OF AN ISRAELI ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENT
 CHAPTER 6: A GENERAL LAUNCHES A WAR FOR WILDLIFE
 CHAPTER 7: THE QUANTITY AND QUALITY OF ISRAEL'S WATER RESOURCES
 CHAPTER 8: ISRAEL'S URBAN ENVIRONMENT, 1948–1988
 CHAPTER 9: A MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT COMES OF AGE
 CHAPTER 10: ISRAEL, ARABS, AND THE ENVIRONMENT
 CHAPTER 11: ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVISM HITS ITS STRIDE
 CHAPTER 12: TOWARD A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE?
  Index

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