Pollution in a Promised Land |
[Dedication] |
Contents |
Illustrations |
Acknowledgments |
Preface |
1. The Pathology of a Polluted River |
2. Reclaiming a Homeland |
3. Palestine's Environment, 1900–1949 |
PALESTINE CIRCA 1900: THE MANY MEANINGS OF “DESOLATION” |
• | 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 |
4. The Forest's Many Shades of Green |
5. The Emergence of an Israeli Environmental Movement |
6. A General Launches a War for Wildlife |
7. The Quantity and Quality of Israel's Water Resources |
8. Israel's Urban Environment, 1948–1988 |
9. A Ministry of the Environment Comes of Age |
10. Israel, Arabs, and the Environment |
11. Environmental Activism Hits Its Stride |
12. Toward a Sustainable Future? |
Notes |
Index |