Shifting borders, shifting center
Hedging-out uncertainty in west Jerusalem’s urban core
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11670292 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Roni Bar (Tel Aviv University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue | 10 |
| Pages | 1422-1442 |
| Publication date | 2019-05-13 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Urban Geography (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0272-3638 • E-ISSN: 1938-2847 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/02723638.2019.1613137 |
| OpenAlex | W2946062828 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 48 |
This article argues that contested cities are inherently characterized by uncertainty and uses the interconnections between conflict, uncertainty and urban planning as a new analytical framework for investigating conflict cities. In the contested city of Jerusalem, geopolitical uncertainty stems from the Israeli occupation over East Jerusalem. Focusing on recent urban regeneration plans for West Jerusalem’s city center, the article explores how the municipality locates, plans and imagines the city center when the city’s external and internal boundaries are contested and unfixed. A two-tier analysis is employed. First, a historical analysis shows that the “city center”, as defined by authorities, is an unfixed locale that shifts in concurrence with shifts in the city’s boundaries. Then, a geopolitical analysis shows that by shifting the city center’s boundaries, the Israeli authorities decouple the city’s economic development (in the west) from Israel’s continuing ethno-national policies (in the east)
Center (category theory · Civil engineering · Core (optical fiber · Economics · Economy · Geography · Geopolitics · Global city · Political science · Politics · Regional science · Sociology · Urban planning · Urban policy · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Law · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Public Administration · Urban Planning and Governance
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| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,57 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2025 (7) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |