ATLAS OF THE CONFLICT: ISRAEL-PALESTINE

Description

The Atlas of the Conflict maps the processes and mechanisms behind the shaping of Israel-Palestine over the past 100 years. Over 500 maps and diagrams provide a detailed territorial analysis of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, explored through themes such as borders, settlements, land ownership, archaeological and cultural heritage sites, control of natural resources, landscaping, wars and treaties. A lexicon, drawing on many different information sources, provides a commentary on the conflict from various perspectives. As a whole, the book offers insights not only into the specific situation of Israel-Palestine, but also into the phenomenon of spatial planning used as a political instrument.

CONTENTS

• Introduction
• Notes on the design

Atlas

• Borders
• The Wall
• Pattern of settlements
• Settlement typologies
• Demography
• Land ownership
• Landscaping
• Water
• Archaeology and preservation
• Jerusalem
• LEXICON
• Gallery
• Timeline
• Negotiations
• Bibliography, Index, Colophon

Malkit Shoshan , (Haifa, 1976) is an Israeli architect. Shoshan is the founder and director of the Amsterdam based architectural think tank FAST (the Foundation for Achieving Seamless Territory). Her work explores and highlights the relations between architecture, planning, politics and activism, amongst other, in Israel/Palestine, Georgia, Afghanistan, Iraq, Kosovo, and the Netherlands. Shoshan is currently developing her Phd dissertation at TU Delft. Her research and projects have been published and exhibited internationally in magazines such as Volume, Abitare, and venues such as the Venice Architecture Biennale, the Venice Art Biennale, and the Rotterdam Biennale.

480 pages, 400 color ills / 17 x 24 cm / English