JUST & SUSTAINABLE CITIES

The engagement of justice and sustainability in urban regeneration and development projects has become one of the major challenges of cities in the 21st century. PECLAB’s main project is on promoting Planning and Environmental Justice in research, teaching and public activities. Researches on this topic focus on developing theoretical approaches, methodologies and analytical tools that promote principles of  justie and sustainability in the city. This includes the following researches:

• Spatial Activism in the city: Perspectives of Body, Identity, and Memory  – Chen Misgav
• The Potential of The Transition Town model in Israel – Yoav Egozi
• Structuring Public Space in Jaffa: Between Local Knowledge and Culture and Professional Planning Tools – Architect Iian Idan-Saga
• A critical Psychogeography Approach of Home Study – Home in space and Home as Space, in Arava Settlements – Sigal Eden Almogi 
• The ethical, the social and the aesthetic in contemporary architecture in Israel: Theoretical examination of the practice –  Architect Shelly Cohen
• Urban protest movements and housing policies – Dr. Sebastian Schipper