Urban planning and land use maps are a reflection/embodiment of the country’s larger policy choices and economic conceptions. It is the voice and instrument of authority, as it includes the political-economic vision and its method of implementation. In our “Planning in Lebanon: Manufacturing Landscapes of Inequality” project, we have documented the practice of urban planning in Lebanon and critically analyzed land-use maps, the mechanisms producing them and their effects on people and the environment. In 15 cities and towns in Lebanon, we have witnessed how factors such as law, property, identity, and interests have destroyed people’s memory, their livelihoods, the fabric of places and sometimes entire neighborhoods.
Planning in Lebanon:
Manufacturing Landscapes of Inequality
July 2017 – June 2018
01/07/2017
Publications
Land Management and Planning
Lebanon
commodification development exemption exploitation ratio land consolidation and parcellation land improvement tax land-use marginalization master plan national physical master plan of the lebanese territories policy social value urban planning law urban sprawl
