Settling for Less

Steven C. Dinero is the former Carter and Fran Pierce Term Chair for the Liberal Arts at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His research addresses the social and economic concerns related to the settlement of formerly nomadic populations.

• List of FiguresList of TablesList of IllustrationsList of MapsPrefaceAcknowledgementsNote on Arabic and Hebrew Transliteration and TranslationsChapter 1. Planning in the Negev Bedouin SectorChapter 2. Segev Shalom—Background and Community ProfileChapter 3. Planning, Service Provision, and Development in Segev ShalomChapter 4. Health and EducationChapter 5. Negev Bedouin Identity/ies Development in Segev ShalomChapter 6. The Resettled Bedouin WomanChapter 7. Bedouin Tourism Development Planning in the New EconomyChapter 8. Segev Shalom - A City on the Edge of Forever?PostscriptBibliographyIndex

"This is an excellent study of an important and timely topic that is of relevance not only for the people involved but for the wider areas of Israel and the Arab world. It is a comprehensive detailed description and analysis of a process of change and transformation that started in 1948 and continues until the present."  ·  Donald AbdAllah Cole, The American University in Cairo"The author is a geographer interested in town planning, who also has a solid grounding in anthropology. Two things make the book very attractive: that it is totally focused on town planning, and that the fieldwork was spread out over a decade which permitted the author to concentrate on the frequent changes in the plans and in their implementation."  ·  Emanuel Marx, Tel Aviv University