Summary
UK academic expert commissioned by Al-Haq to produce its study on town planning in the West Bank, published in the United Kingdom with copyright retained by al-Haq (Al-Haq: A Global History of the First Palestinian Human Rights Organization, PDF p.184-185).
Details
- He conducted substantial fieldwork, meeting “planners, architects, lawyers, surveyors and engineers” as well as “ordinary citizens” of the West Bank; al-Haq staff recall the project as a hugely significant project and a major investment (PDF p.184).
- He wrote that town planning “has a more direct and a more intense impact on the quality of the lives of Palestinians than it has on the inhabitants of almost any other territory”, because it affects “not only their prospects of future prosperity, but their prospects of nationhood” (PDF p.184).
- His study, published the year before the 1993 Declaration of Principles, identified as “the principal requirement” the reestablishment of “planning institutions which are representative of and responsive to the needs of Palestinians”, adequately funded, with access to information (in particular the Land Registry), and called for “international pressure” on Israel (PDF p.184-185).
Related pages
Al-Haq: A Global History of the First Palestinian Human Rights Organization, Al-Haq