Sustainable Transport Planning for Israel and Palestine

Date
2001-07-22
Authors
Fürst, Franz
Isaac, Jad
Ishaq, Isam
Kaplan, Jay
Maoh, Hanna
Petzold, Ingo
Plümer, Lutz
Salomon, Ilan
Schürmann, Carsten
Spiekermann, Klaus
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WCTR Society
Abstract
The paper presents the results of a trilateral research project carried out jointly by German, Israeli, and Palestinian institutions. The overall objective of the project was to develop and adapt models and tools for resource-preserving transport planning in the West Bank and the adjacent areas. Because of its high dynamics and the particular political circumstances, broader socio-economic and political considerations needed to be included in the analysis of present conditions and the exploration of future developments in this area. Compared to other countries, transport planning in Palestine is much more linked to sensitive issues such as security, Israeli settlements, bypass road s and checkpoints, which cannot always be separated in a clean way. To evaluate different policy options for transport planning, a modelling system has been developed consisting of a GIS database, integrated transport and environmental models and network extensions tools. The paper pres ents the integrated database and the modelling system developed, describes the scenarios implemented and compares the outcomes of the model runs with respect to their environmental and social impacts.
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Keywords
GIS , GIS-Tools , Transport Planning , Palestine , Israel , sustainability , models and tools , scenario evaluation
Citation
Fürst, Franz, Jad Isaac, Isam Ishaq, Jay Kaplan, Hanna Maoh, Ingo Petzold, Lutz Plümer et al. "Sustainable Transport Planning for Israel and Palestine." (2001).