On Narrow Ground

Scott A. Bollens is Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of California, Irvine. His previous books include Urban Peacebuilding in Divided Societies and (with David R. Godschalk, John S. Hekman, and Mike E. Miles) Land Supply Monitoring: A Guide for Improving Public and Private Urban Development Decisions.

"…an intellectually accessible and highly rewarding book." — Political Science Quarterly"…invaluable … " — CHOICE"The issues raised are very crucial and currently in the news. This is a carefully prepared book on a timely topic, and the author displays good knowledge of diverse cultural situations. The two case studies are excellent and provide useful new information." — Arthur Jay Klinghoffer, author of The International Dimension of Genocide in Rwanda

• List of Figures List of Tables Preface Acknowledgments PART I: CITY AND SOVEREIGNTY 1. Urban Arenas of Ethnic Conflict Divided and Polarized CitiesUrban Policy amidst Polarization 2. Cities as Catalysts Governing Ideology and Urban PolicyUrban Policy and Ethnic Conflict 3. Investigating Urban Policy and Conflict Jerusalem and BelfastResearch Methods PART II: JERUSALEM—THE FALLACY OF PARTISAN POLICY 4. Israel's "Jerusalem" BackgroundPhyscial and Demographic SettingPolitical ControlJewish-Arab RelationsIsraeli Urban Policy Since 1967Urban GoalsStructure of Israeli PlanningOperationalizing "Unification" and "Security"–Magnitude–Location–Restrictions"Yes, We Have Plans": The Mismatch between Israeli Planning and the Arab CommunityUrban Service Delivery in a Contested City–Urban Disparities and Political Strategy 5. Partisanship and the Palestinians The Internal Dynamics of PartisanshipThe Intersection of National and Municiple Imperatives"This Was a Glorious Time": The Psychology of Israeli PlanningPalestinians and Israeli Urban PolicyJerusalem's PalestiniansTactics of ResistanceCounterstrategies 6. Jerusalem, the West Bank, and Peace Thickening the Land-Use WarMetropolitan Jerusalem–Goals and Aspirations of Metropolitan Planning–Perceived Separability of the Functional from the Political–Professional Techniques Aimed at Conflict Amelioration–Planned Participants–Planning Outputs amidst Political ContestJerusalem and the West BankHas Israel Achieved Its Goals Pertaining to Jerusalem?The Fallacy of Partisan PlanningBuffer or Flashpoint?The Future of Jerusalem: City and SovereigntyJerusalem Negotiated: Toward Mutual CoexistenceReconceptualizing Urban Planning and Policy PART III: BELFAST—GREYNESS WHERE COLOR MATTERS 7. Territoriality and Governance BackgroundPhysical and Demographic SettingPolitical ControlEconomic AspectsSectarian Geographies and the "Peacelines"Urban Engagement: Participants and PrinciplesParticipants in Belfast Urban PolicyCommunity Activism amidst StrifeGreyness Where Color MattersTown Planning and Ethnic DivisionsPublic Housing and Segregation 8. Lost Opportunities, Unequal Outcomes At the Sharp EdgeGovernment Tactics amidst PolarizationMarginalization of Planning and StrategyOutcomes of Belfast Urban PoliciesNeutral Means, Unequal OutcomesPublic PerceptionsTwenty Years of Deprivation 9. The Demands of Peace Managing Differential Community NeedsProgressive Ethnic ManagementEmerging Innovative Policy Approaches–Acknowledging Ethnic Community Dynamics–Bridging the Ethnic Divide–Pursuing Fair Treatment by GovernmentSpatial TargetingStrategic Investments for Community Viability–Toward CoexistenceThe Future of Belfast: City and Sectarianism PART IV: CONCLUSIONS 10. Urban Policy on Narrow Ground Urban Policy amidst PolarizationIdeology, Urban Policy, and Ethnic ConflictThe Challenge of Urban Coexistence Appendices 1. Research Issues2. Interviews Conducted NotesReferencesIndex