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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