Home › News ›

Preservation Versus Property Rights

Posted by: Zvi Leve
Thanks to: Zvi Leve
2 August 2004 - 5:00am

Tel Aviv planning commission grapples with issues of preservation, economic development, and private property rights.

As the deadline for Tel Aviv to formally receive heritage city status approaches, the planning commission is having difficulty accepting the necessary preservation plan because "serious issues in the legal and economic realms that have been left open." Approval of the plan is a condition for the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) declaration, about a year ago, of the "White City" of Tel Aviv as a World Heritage Site. "Preservation is not necessarily a popular issue," but "there is no doubt that it is of great value in the long run to the public as a whole."

Full Story: The preserved city in danger
Source: Haaretz, October 25, 2005
»
Bookmark and Share
“
In pursuit of energy efficiency, industry spends tens of millions of dollars to pull a few pounds of weight out of our cars, trucks, and jets with exotic alloys; then we show up to fill the seats sporting a few extra pounds of corn syrup sucrose, carbs, and saturated fat to offset any savings.
”