Efraim Ben-Zadok

Biographic Data

ID629751
NAMEEfraim Ben-Zadok
GIVEN NAMESEfraim
FAMILY NAMEBen-Zadok
SIGNATUREBEN-ZADOK E
AFFILIATIONSFlorida Atlantic University
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS15
TOTAL CITATIONS16
AUTHOR COUNT14
EDITOR COUNT1
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1985
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2021
H-INDEX3

  • Policy Change through Social Elements of Policy Design: Florida Growth Policies

    Efraim Ben-Zadok, Efraim Ben‐zadokARTICLEPlanning Practice and Research2021

    This study analyzed policy change in legislation through three social elements of policy design: policy problem, policy goal, and intervention strategy. It covered five successive policies of Florida Growth Management Act (1970-2010). The study also examined social construction of policy change and sources influencing change. Florida’s record of social policy learning and change was positive. Drastic 1980s changes included a centralized state-reg…

  • The sustainable city , by Steven Cohen: New York, Columbia University Press, 2018

    Efraim Ben-Zadok, Efraim Ben‐zadokARTICLEJournal of Urban Affairs2019

    Economic, technological, social, and cultural forces continue to push people from rural to urban areas. Cities continue to absorb migrants and the number of city dwellers continues to rise. A major

  • Eco-cities and the transition to low carbon economies , by Federico Caprotti: London, Palgrave Macmillan, 2015

    Efraim Ben-Zadok, Efraim Ben‐zadokARTICLEJournal of Urban Affairs2017

    The eco-city concept originated in Ebenezer Howard’s Garden Cities of Tomorrow (1902). The garden city, a planning response to the industrial revolution and massive urbanization of the late ninetee

  • Neighborhood as Refuge: Community Reconstruction, Place Remaking, and Environmental Justice in the City

    Efraim Ben-Zadok, Efraim Ben‐zadokARTICLEJournal of Urban Affairs2015Cited by: 4

    The environmental justice literature has grown considerably since the 1970s. Studies from the United States have demonstrated the disproportionate exposure of lower-income and/or minority neighborh

  • Policy Change Through Policy Design: Florida Concurrency, 1985–2010

    Efraim Ben-Zadok, Efraim Ben‐zadokARTICLEPlanning Practice and Research2013

    This study analyzed policy change through policy design across three phases of Florida concurrency policy. Six policy design elements were used: problem, goal, intervention strategy, planning tool, implementation tool and implementation process. Policy change links by specific elements were delineated from one phase to the next. They demonstrated changes in legislation, regulation and enforcement. Across the phases, policy problems, goals and int…

  • Green Cities of Europe: Global Lessons on Green Urbanism

    Efraim Ben-Zadok, Efraim Ben‐zadokARTICLEJournal of Urban Affairs2013

    Why study European cities? The answer to the book’s opening question lies in the worldwide influence of European city planning since the seventeenth century. European cities continue to advance inn

  • Emerald Cities: Urban Sustainability and Economic Development by Joan Fitzgerald

    Efraim Ben-Zadok, Efraim Ben‐zadokARTICLEJournal of Urban Affairs2012

    Joan Fitzgerald, Emerald Cities: Urban Sustainability and Economic Development (New York: Oxford University Press, 2010).The cities of the world house about 50% of the population, consume 75% of th

  • The Ups and Downs of Florida Growth Policy, 1971–2008

    Efraim Ben-Zadok, Efraim Ben‐zadokARTICLEPlanning Practice and Research2009

    This article reviews the accomplishments and shortcomings of Florida growth management and smart growth policies in the past four decades. It begins with three history sections on Florida growth management: the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s. After a slow beginning due to incomplete legislation in the 1970s, Florida innovative growth management moved quickly forward to the forefront of the planning profession in the 1980s, but then faced its most critic…

  • Green Cities: Urban Growth and the Environment by Matthew E. Kahn

    Efraim Ben-Zadok, Efraim Ben‐zadokARTICLEJournal of Urban Affairs2008

    Matthew E. Kahn, Green Cities: Urban Growth and the Environment (Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press, 2006).The first chapter of this book, a brief introduction, opens with the central ques

  • Politically Driven Regulations and Enforcement: Monitoring Kurd and Fundamentalist Broadcasts in Turkey

    Open AccessTansu Demir, Efraim Ben-Zadok et al.ARTICLEAdministration & Society2007References: 35

    This article examines the policy of monitoring private broadcast contents in Turkey from 1993 to 2002. In general, the policy aimed to regulate the growing number of private stations that operated almost free of government control and to protect the public from the negative effects of private broadcasts. Implementation nonetheless attempted to prevent and reduce Kurd separatist and Muslim fundamentalist broadcasts. These broadcasts were often fou…

  • Consistency, Concurrency and Compact Development: Three Faces of Growth Management Implementation in Florida

    Open AccessEfraim Ben-Zadok, Efraim Ben‐zadokARTICLEUrban Studies2005Cited by: 6References: 23

    This study covers the implementation of Florida Growth Management Act (GMA) from 1985 to 2004. The purpose is to evaluate and compare the implementation of three leading GMA policies: consistency, concurrency and compact development. Consistency mandated co-ordination and compliance among state, regional and local plans. Concurrency dictated the volume and pace of local growth because it required public facilities that support development to be a…

  • Innovation and Reform, Intentional Inaction, and Tactical Breakdown: The Implementation Record of the Florida Concurrency Policy

    Open AccessEfraim Ben-Zadok, Efraim Ben‐zadok et al.ARTICLEUrban Affairs Review2001Cited by: 4References: 29

    This study evaluates the regulatory implementation process of the concurrency policy between 1985 and 2000. One of the main pillars of the 1985 Florida Growth Management Act, this policy is also a significant innovation in the growth management movement in the United States. Concurrency is a Florida statewide policy that requires local governments to provide public facilities needed to support development “concurrent” with the impacts of such pro…

  • Local Communities and the Israeli Polity: Conflict of Values and Interests

    Efraim Ben‐zadok, Efraim Ben-ZadokBOOKLocal Communities and the Israeli…1993

  • The impact of national characteristics on local citizen participation: A developmental research framework applied to Israel

    Open AccessEfraim Ben-Zadok, Efraim Ben‐zadokARTICLEContemporary Jewry1986

  • National Planning—the Critical Neglected Link: One Hundred Years of Jewish Settlement in Israel

    Open AccessEfraim Ben-Zadok, Efraim Ben‐zadokARTICLEInternational Journal Middle East…1985Cited by: 2References: 10

    Throughout one hundred years, Zionist ideology has dictated national settlement planning in Israel. In this highly dynamic society, political processes significantly affected the planning environment, and major planning goals were clearly derived from this reality, while being evaluated against social values. Negligence in the planning process was most critical in the formulation of conflicting long-range goals that impeded implementation. Goal c…