ERAN RAZIN May 2020 Personal Higher Education Appointments At

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ERAN RAZIN

May 2020

Personal Date and place of birth: September 11, 1955, Jerusalem, Israel. ID: 053619870 Marital status: Married (1982) + 3 (1984, 1988, 1991). Home address: 9/9 Rabbi Binyamin, Jerusalem 96306. University address: Department of Geography, Hebrew University, Jerusalem 91905. Phone: 972 2 5883351; 054 4483569 Fax: 972 2 5820549 Email: [email protected]

Higher Education

1976-1979 The Hebrew Geography & B.A. (with distinction) University Economics 1977,1978,1979 Included in the Dean's List of outstanding undergraduate students. 1980-1982 The Hebrew Geography & M.A. (with Supervisor: Prof. A. Shachar University Urban and distinction) Regional Studies M.A. Thesis: The Location of Headquarters and Plants of Industrial Multi-Locational Firms in Israel, With Special Emphasis on Industry of the Development Towns. 1982-1986 The Hebrew Geography Ph.D. Supervisor: Prof. A. Shachar University Ph.D. thesis: The Effect of Organizational Structure of Industry on the Development of Peripheral Towns in Israel. 1986-1987 UCLA, USA Geography Post-Doctoral Host: Prof. W.A.V. Clark Scholar Post-doctoral fellowships: The University of California Reciprocity Program & The Hebrew University.

Appointments at the Hebrew University

1977-1978 Social Sciences Library 1978-1982 Research assistant, The Jerusalem Institute for Israel Studies (then part of Hebrew U.). 1980-1982 Teaching assistant, Department of Geography. 1982-1985 Assistant, Department of Geography. 1985-1986 Instructor, Department of Geography. 1987-1991 Lecturer, Department of Geography. 1991-1998 Senior Lecturer, Department of Geography. 1998-2015 Associate Professor, Department of Geography. 2013- Leon Safdie Chair in Urban Studies 2015- Professor, Department of Geography

Additional functions/tasks at the Hebrew University

1994-1998 Coordinator and teacher, Program of the Department of Geography in Rehovot, Faculty of Humanities. 2000-2003 Head of the Department of Geography. 2001-2002 Acting director, Institute of Urban and Regional Studies. 2005-2006 Director, Institute of Urban and Regional Studies. 2007-2018 Head, Floersheimer Studies, Institute of Urban and Regional Studies.

2007- Member of the (physical) Program and Development Committee, The Hebrew University. 2007-2010 Senate member. 2007-2011 Member of the nominations committee (new hirings) Faculty of Social Sciences. 2007-2008 Member of the fellowships committee, Faculty of Social Sciences. 2008-2010 Member of the infrastructure committee, Faculty of Social Sciences. 2010-2018 Director, Institute of Urban and Regional Studies (The graduate program in Urban Planning).

Service in other academic and research institutions

1992-1993 Sabbatical, Department of Geography, University of Ottawa.

1983-1994 External teacher (courses on Industrial Geography and Urban and Regional Restructuring), Department of Geography, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer- Sheva.

1993-2007 Senior researcher, Local Governance and Local Development Research Projects, The Floersheimer Institute for Policy Studies, Jerusalem.

4.1997 Scholar-in-residence, Center for Urban Policy and the Environment, School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University.

8.1998-7.1999 Visiting Research Associate, Center for Urban Policy and the Environment, School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University.

11.1998 Visitor and guest lecturer at the Vancouver Centre of Excellence, Research on Immigration and Integration in the Metropolis (RIIM), Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada.

4.2005-7.2005 Visiting Researcher, Maison des Sciences de L'Homme (MSH), CNRS-CERVL, Sciences Po, Bordeaux, France.

1.2016-3.2016 Visiting Professor, Sciences Po, Bordeaux, France (teaching a course on metropolitan planning).

8.2019-10.2019 Distinguished Visiting Professor, Institute for Public Policy and Governance, University of Technology Sydney

Selected Other Activities

1987-2008 Chairman, Commissions of inquiry for the municipal boundaries of Dimona and Yeroham (member), Elat (member), Afula, Bet Dagan, Maalot, Ashdod, Haifa (two commissions), Qiryat Motzkin, Ramla, Rishon LeZion, Zoran, Maalot-Tarshiha (two commissions), Tirat Carmel, Carmiel-Sajur, Haifa Bay Oil Refineries area (member), Nazareth-Nazerat Illit, Ashqelon. 1988 Economic Development in Ashqelon. Report submitted to the municipality of Ashqelon. 1989-1998 Member of the board, The Israeli Regional Science Association (IRSA). 1991-1992 Member of the board, The Israeli Association of Geographers. Co-editor of Geography, The Bulletin of The Israeli Association of Geographers. 1991-1992 Coordinator, The Jerusalem-Tel Aviv Corridor Development Plan. The Hebrew University, Institute of Urban and Regional Studies. Submitted to the Ministry of Construction and Housing. The Jerusalem-Tel Aviv Region: Economy and

Employment. W.P. 11 (Hebrew). Report submitted as part of the project. 1993 The location of branches of the Small Business Authority in southern Israel. Consultation report. Submitted to the Small-Business Authority (with Daphna Schwartz and Daniel Felsenstein). 1995-1997 Member of the metropolitan planning team - Development policy for the Tel Aviv Metropolitan Area and District Plan (The Institute of Urban and Regional Studies - the Hebrew University, and Edna and Refael Lerman - Architects and City Planners). 1997 Advisor, The Inter-Ministerial Commission for Reforming Municipal Boundary Change Procedures. 1997-1998 Advisor, The Government Commission for Municipal Amalgamation. 1998-1999 National Outline Plan No. 35 (Integrative National Outline Plan and Development Plan) - in charge of organization and governance issues. 1998 Co-editor, Studies in the Geography of Israel, Vol. 15, Jerusalem: Israel Exploration Society, and Department of Geography, The Hebrew University. 1999-2000 The Jerusalem District Outline Plan – member of the planning team. 2000-2008 Member of the Steering Committee, Commission on Geography and Public Policy of the International Geographical Union. 2002-2005 Vice President, Israel Geographical Association. 2003 Chairman, Municipal amalgamations commission – Haifa District. 2004 Consultant to the City of Tel Aviv – rezoning local taxing areas. 2004-2010 Participant in the International Metropolitan Observatory group, an academic research network sponsored by CNRS (France). 2004 Razin, E., Jewish-Arab relations in Israel: From discrimination to equality? A narrowing or widening gap? Reflections from local government, Submitted to The Arab Center for Alternative Planning. 2004 Coordinator of the panel on local government for the Annual Economic Conference (Caesarea conference), July. 2004 Member of the Committee for the Evaluation of Redistribution of Non-Residential Arnona (Property Tax), appointed by the Minister of Interior. 2004-2005 Member of the Board – MIU, Movement for Israeli Urbanism. 2005-2010 Consultant, an index for the estimation of municipal service burdens, Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics. 2006 The Institute of Urban and Regional Studies, Report to the Evaluation Committee – in charge of the preparation of the report for an international evaluation committee headed by Prof. Susan Fainstein (Columbia University). 2006-2007 Member of Vision for Jerusalem Project (sponsored by the Foundations Forum). Reports (with Emil Israel) on Jerusalem as a capital city: the government sector and the city's economy; and on government and governance framework for Jerusalem and the metropolis. 2007-2010 Member, Municipal Amalgamation Commission (appointed by the Ministry of Interior). 2007- Member of the Physical Planning Committee, Beit HaKerem Neighborhood Administration, Jerusalem. 2007-2009 Member, Fellowship Committee of the Mifal HaPayis (Israeli Lottery) Foundation for Municipal Research. 2008-2016 Chairman, Permanent municipal boundary and revenue redistribution commissions, Ministry of Interior. 2008-2012 Member of the Steering Committee, Commission on Geography and Governance of the International Geographical Union. 2010 Member of the committee for rural settlement in the year 2025, appointed by the President of Israel. 2010-2018 Member, Board of the Israeli Planners Association and the Annual Conference Committee. 2011- Chairman of the Commission for Municipal Statistics and Geographical Classifications, Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics.

2012- Member of the Governing Board of the International Political Science Association Research Committee 05 – Comparative Studies on Local Government and Politics. 2013-2014 Chairman, commission of municipal revenue redistribution in the Negev, Ministry of Interior. 2016- Honorary member, Commission on Geography and Governance of the International Geographical Union 2017 Chairman, Commission of inquiry for the establishment of Municipal Clusters (Eshkolot) type of Municipal Unions, Ministry of Interior. 2018- Deputy head, Israeli Planners Association.

Organization of conferences (since 1998)

1. A Joint Meeting of the Hebrew University and the School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University: New Approaches in Metropolitan Governance and Metropolitan Development – Israel and Indiana. Jerusalem, Mount Scopus, 4.1.1998-5.1.1998. 2. A meeting of the Thematic Network ‘Working on the Fringes: Immigrant Businesses, Economic Integration and Informal Practices’, sponsored by the European Commission under the Targeted Socio-Economic Research Programme: The Economic Embeddedness of Immigrant Enterprises. Jerusalem, Mount Scopus, 17.6.2000-20.6.2000. 3. The Annual Meeting of The Israeli Association of Geographers, 24.12.2000-26.12.2000. 4. The final SELMA conference – Spatial Deconcentration of Economic Land Uses in European Metropolitan Areas, sponsored by the European Commission (with A. Shachar and D. Felsenstein), 19.11.2005-22.11.2005. 5. National, District and Metropolitan Planning in Israel, A conference in memory of Arie Shachar, Sponsored by the Hebrew University, Floersheimer Studies and the Jerusalem Institute for Israel Studies, 22.11.2007. 6. The Annual Meeting of Israel’s Planners Association, Jerusalem, 5-6.3.2009 (450 participants) 7. Local Government in a Changing World, A workshop of the IGU Commission on Geography of Governance and IPSA Research Committee #5 – Comparative Studies on Local Government and Politics, Jerusalem, The Dead Sea and Beer Sheva (with F. Lazin), 8-11.7.2010. 8. Local Government and the Market Economy, A joint conference of Floersheimer Studies and the Open University, 5.7.2011. 9. SECOA (Solutions for Environmental Contrasts in Coastal Areas) 4th Project Meeting and End Users Session, Jerusalem, 29.11-3.12.2011, sponsored by the European Commission 7FP – Environment (including Climate Change). 10. Local Development and Distributive Justice in Local Government, a conference of Floersheimer Studies, 6.5.2013 11. The Annual Meeting of Israel’s Planners Association, Jerusalem, 20-21.2.2014 (650 participants) 12. Local government and challenges of housing crisis and immigrant/refugee absorption: lessons from Germany and Israel. Joint student seminar of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and TU Darmstadt (with H. Heinelt), Jerusalem, 19-23.3.2017. 13. Local Government and challenges of local economic development in Germany and Israel. Joint student seminar of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and TU Darmstadt (with H. Heinelt), Berlin, 26.2-1.3.2018 14. Local Governance and New Challenges in Urban Policy in a Changing World. Organization (with Carlos Nunes Silva) of four sessions sponsored by the IGU Commission on Geography of Governance at the AAG Annual Meeting, Washington,

DC, 4.4.2019.

Eran Razin List of Publications, May 2020

Books and books edited

1. Gradus, Y., Razin, E. and Krakover, S. (1993) The Industrial Geography of Israel, London and New York: Routledge. 272 pages.

2. Razin, E. and Smith, P.J. (eds.) (2006) Metropolitan Governing: Canadian Cases, Comparative Lessons, Jerusalem: The Hebrew University Magnes Press. 316 pages. 2a. Razin, E. and Smith, P.J., Metropolitan governing: been there, done that, where are we now? pp. 3- 25. 2b. Razin, E., Initiatives to reform metropolitan governance in Israel: a Sisyphean task? pp. 278-310.

3. Razin, E., Dijst, M. and Vázquez, C. (eds.) (2007) Employment Deconcentration in European Metropolitan Areas, Market Forces versus Planning Regulations, Dordrecht: Springer. 297 pages. 3a. Razin, E., Introduction: Deconcentration of economic activities within metropolitan regions: a qualitative framework for cross-national comparison, pp. 1-27. 3b. Razin, E. and Shachar, A., Deconcentration in a context of population growth and ideological change: the Tel-Aviv and Beer-Sheva metropolitan areas, pp. 179-207.

4. Razin, E. (ed.) (2010) National, District and Metropolitan Planning in Israel, Jerusalem: Floersheimer Studies. 224 pages. (Hebrew) 4a. Razin, E., The first generation of district planning in Israel, pp. 49-76. 4b. Razin, E., Arie Shachar and the development of urban geography in Israel, pp. 185-198.

5. Heinelt, H., Razin, E. and Zimmerman, K. (eds.) (2011) Metropolitan Governance, Different Paths in Contrasting Contexts: Germany and Israel, Frankfurt and New York: Campus. 352 pages.

6. Pradhan, P.K., Bucek, J. and Razin, E. (eds.) (2013) Geography of Governance: Dynamics for Local Development, International Geographical Union, Commission on Geography of Governance. 6a. Razin, E. and Hazan, A., Municipal-private partnerships in Israel: from local development to budgetary bypass, pp. 77-88.

7. Beeri, I. and Razin, E. (eds.) (2015) Local Democracy in Israel, Decentralization, Localism, Participation and Local Politics, Jerusalem: Floersheimer Studies. Vol 1: 261 pages, Vol. 2: 249 pages. (Hebrew)

8. Sellers, J.M., Arretche, M., Kübler, D. and Razin, E. (eds.) (2017) Inequality and Governance in the Metropolis, Regimes of Place Equality and Fiscal Choices in Eleven Countries, Palgrave Macmillan. 8a. Razin, E., Interlocal disparities in Israel’s metropolitan areas: the impact of crisis and recovery in a neoliberal regime, pp. 183-199. 8b. Sellers, J.M., Arretche, M., Kübler, D. and Razin, E., Conclusion, pp. 253-274.

Articles in scientific journals

9. Razin, E. (1984) The ownership structure of industry in Israel's development towns, Horizons, Studies in Geography No. 11-12: 223-242. (Hebrew, English summary).

10. Razin, E. (1986) Plant closures in Israel's development towns 1975-1983, Studies in the Geography of Israel 12: 167-184. (Hebrew, English summary).

11. Razin, E. (1987) The influence of ownership type on the spatial pattern of material input, service and output linkages of plants in development towns, Horizons, Studies in Geography No. 19: 37-64. (Hebrew).

12. Razin, E. and Shachar, A. (1987) Ownership of industry and plant stability in Israel's development towns, Urban Studies 24: 296-311.

13. Razin, E. (1988) Ownership structure and linkage patterns of industry in Israel's development towns, Regional Studies 22: 19-31.

14. Salomon, I. and Razin, E. (1988) The geography of telecommunications systems: the case of Israel's telephone system, Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie 79: 122-134.

15. Razin, E. (1988) Entrepreneurship among foreign immigrants in the Los Angeles and San Francisco metropolitan regions, Urban Geography 9: 283-301.

16. Razin, E. (1988) The role of ownership characteristics in the industrial development of Israel's peripheral towns, Environment and Planning A 20: 1235-1252.

17. Razin, E. (1989) Relating theories of entrepreneurship among ethnic groups and entrepreneurship in space - the case of the Jewish population in Israel, Geografiska Annaler 71B: 167-181.

18. Langlois, A. and Razin, E. (1989) Self-employment among ethnic minorities in Canadian metropolitan areas, Canadian Journal of Regional Science 12: 335-354.

19. Razin, E. (1989/90) Spatial variations in the characteristics of the self-employed in Israel, Horizons, Studies in Geography No. 28-29: 65-85. (Hebrew, English summary).

20. Razin, E. and Shachar, A. (1990) The organizational-locational structure of industry in Israel and its effects on national spatial policies, Geography Research Forum 10: 1-19.

21. Razin, E. (1990) Spatial variations in the Israeli small-business sector: implications for regional development policies, Regional Studies 24: 149-162.

22. Hasson, S. and Razin, E. (1990) What is hidden behind a municipal boundary conflict?, Political Geography Quarterly 9: 267-283.

23. Razin, E. (1990) Urban economic development in a period of local initiative: competition among towns in Israel's southern coastal plain, Urban Studies 27: 685-703.

24. Razin, E. and Hasson, S. (1992) Redelineation of boundaries between regional councils and development towns - lessons from the conflict over regional industry in the Negev, City and Region No. 22: 72-89. (Hebrew, English summary).

25. Razin, E. and Langlois, A. (1992) Location and entrepreneurship among new immigrants in Israel and Canada, Geography Research Forum 12: 16-36.

26. Razin, E. (1992) Paths to ownership of small businesses among immigrants in Israeli cities and towns, The Review of Regional Studies 22: 277-296.

27. Razin, E. and Schwartz, D. (1992) Evaluation of Israel's industrial dispersal policy in the context of changing realities, Economic Quarterly 44(153): 236-276. (Hebrew, English summary)

28. Razin, E. (1992) Local initiative and urban development: the case of towns in Israel's southern coastal plain, Studies in the Geography of Israel 13: 65-86. (Hebrew, English summary).

29. Razin, E. and Hazan, A. (1994) The municipal affiliation of industrial areas in the rural-urban fringe, Horizons in Geography No. 39: 31-46. (Hebrew, English summary).

30. Razin, E. and Hasson, S. (1994) Urban-rural boundary conflicts: the reshaping of Israel's rural map, Journal of Rural Studies 10: 47-59.

31. Razin, E., Hasson, S. and Hazan, A. (1994) Struggles over municipal boundaries: regional councils and urban Space, City and Region No. 23: 5-28. (Hebrew, English summary).

32. Razin, E. (1994) Geographical mobility of selected age cohorts of immigrant groups in Israel: implications for occupational mobility, Urban Systems (Sistemi Urbani).

33. Langlois, A. and Razin, E. (1995) Self-employment among French-Canadians: the role of the regional milieu, Ethnic and Racial Studies 18: 581-604.

34. Razin, E. and Hazan, A. (1995) Industrial development and municipal reorganization: conflict, cooperation and regional effects, Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy 13: 297- 314.

35. Razin, E. (1996) Municipal reform in the Tel Aviv metropolis: metropolitan government or metropolitan cooperation?, Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy 14: 39-54. An early version appeared as: Razin, E. (1994) Municipal Reform in the Tel Aviv Metropolis: Metropolitan Government or Metropolitan Cooperation, Working Paper No. 1, Jerusalem: The Floersheimer Institute for Policy Studies.

36. Razin, E. and Langlois, A. (1996) Metropolitan characteristics and entrepreneurship among immigrants and ethnic groups in Canada, International Migration Review 30: 703-727. An early version appeared as: Razin, E. and Langlois, A. (1994) Metropolitan Characteristics and Entrepreneurship among Immigrants and Ethnic Groups in Canada, Occasional Paper No. 12, Jerusalem: The Hebrew University, The Halbert Centre for Canadian Studies.

37. Razin, E. and Langlois, A. (1996) Immigrant and ethnic entrepreneurs in Canadian and American metropolitan areas - a comparative perspective, Canadian Issues 18: 127-144.

38. Razin, E. and Light, I. (1998) Ethnic entrepreneurs in America's largest metropolitan areas, Urban Affairs Review 33: 332-360.

39. Razin, E. (1998) Policies to control urban sprawl: planning regulations or changes in the "rules of the game", Urban Studies 35: 321-340. Parts of this paper are based on:

40. Razin, E. (1998) The impact of decentralization on fiscal disparities among local authorities in Israel, Space and Polity 2: 49-69.

41. Razin, E. (1998) Location of entrepreneurship assistance centers in Israel, Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie 89: 431-445.

42. Razin, E. and Light, I. (1998) The income consequences of ethnic entrepreneurial concentrations,

Urban Geography 19: 554-576.

43. Razin, E. (2000) The impact of local government organization on development and disparities – a comparative perspective, Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy 18: 17-31.

44. Razin, E. and Rosentraub, M. (2000) Are fragmentation and sprawl interlinked? North American Evidence, Urban Affairs Review 35: 864-879.

45. Razin, E. and Obirih-Opareh, N. (2000) Spatial variations in fiscal capacity of local government in Ghana before and after decentralization, Third World Planning Review (International Development Planning Review) 22: 411-432.

46. Razin, E. and Scheinberg, D. (2001) Immigrant entrepreneurs from the former USSR in Israel: not the traditional enclave economy, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies 27: 259-276.

47. Razin, E. and Hazan, A. (2001) Redrawing Israel’s local government map: political decisions, court rulings or popular determination, Political Geography 20: 513-533.

48. Razin, E. (2002) Conclusion, The economic context, embeddedness and immigrant entrepreneurs, International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Research 8: 162-167.

49. Razin, E. and Hazan, A. (2004) Municipal boundary conflicts between Jewish and Arab local authorities in Israel: geography of administration or geopolitics? Geografiska Annaler 86B: 79-94.

50. Razin, E. (2004) Needs and impediments for local government reform: lessons from Israel, Journal of Urban Affairs 26: 623-640.

51. Razin, E. (2004) Local government amalgamation: a false idea? Comment on Borukhov, Planning, Journal of the Israel Association of Planners 1(2): 83-86. (Hebrew)

52. Dachoach-Halevi, M. and Razin, E. (2006) Joint planning commissions: municipal cooperation, planning coordination, cost savings or a tool of control, Planning, Journal of the Israel Association of Planners 3(2): 18-35. (Hebrew, English summary)

53. Rosen, G. and Razin, E. (2007) The college chase: higher education and urban entrepreneurialism in Israel, Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie 98: 86-101.

54. Rosen, G. and Razin, E. (2007) Gated communities in Israel: a new phase of spatial segregation, Israeli Sociology 9: 103-126. (Hebrew, English Summary)

55. Razin, E. (2008) Arie Shachar (1935-2006) and transformations of Israel's urban geography, Israel Studies 13: 160-176.

56. Rosen, G. and Razin, E. (2008) Enclosed communities in Israel: from landscapes of heritage and frontier enclaves to new gated communities, Environment and Planning A 40: 2895-2913.

57. Rosen, G. and Razin, E. (2009) The rise of gated communities in Israel: reflections on changing urban governance in a neoliberal era, Urban Studies 46: 1702-1722.

58. Razin, E. (2012) Is there a place for the village and the regional council in Israel of the 21st century? Horizons in Geography 81-82: 230-245. (Hebrew)

59. Razin, E. and Hazan, A. (2014) Attitudes of European local councilors towards local governance reforms: a north-south divide? Local Government Studies 40: 264-291.

60. Masry-Herzalla, A. and Razin, E. (2014) Israeli-Palestinian immigrants in Jerusalem: an emerging middleman minority? Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 40: 1002-1022.

61. Razin, E. (2015) District plans in Israel: post-mortem? Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy 33: 1246-1264.

62. Razin, E. and Charney, I. (2015) Metropolitan dynamics in Israel: an emerging "metropolitan island state"? Urban Geography 36: 1131-1148.

63. Ashbel, E., Charney, I. and Razin, E. (2015) Using cellular data to analyze spatial activity: the case of the Tel Aviv metropolitan CBD, Planning, Journal of the Israel Association of Planners 12(2): 102-116 (Hebrew, English summary).

64. Razin, E., (2016) Inter-municipal cooperation in the development of industrial parks and tax redistribution: the road to hell is paved with good intentions, Quaestiones Geographicae 35(2): 83- 90.

65. Feitelson, E., Felsenstein, D., Razin, E. and Stern, E. (2017) Assessing land use plan implementation: bridging the performance-conformance divide, Land Use Policy 61: 251-264.

66. Feitelson, E., Felsenstein, D., Razin, E. and Stern, E. (2018) On the evaluation of District Plans: the Central District Plan (DOP 3/21), Planning, Journal of the Israel Association of Planners 15(1): 212-222. (Hebrew, English summary). 66a. Feitelson, E., Felsenstein, D., Razin, E. and Stern, E. (2018) Response: on the nature and effectiveness of (District) Outline Plans, Feitelson, E., Felsenstein, D., Razin, E. and Stern, E. (2018) Planning, Journal of the Israel Association of Planners 15(1): 227-228. (Hebrew)

67. Jakar, G.S., Razin, E., Rosentraub, M. and Rosen, G. (2018) Sport facility development: municipal capital and shutting out the private sector, European Planning Studies 26: 1222-1241.

68. Drew, J., Razin, E. and Andrews, R. (2019) Rhetoric in municipal amalgamations: a comparative analysis, Local Government Studies 45: 748-767.

69. Razin, E. (2020) Checks and balances in centralized and decentralized planning systems: Ontario, British Columbia and Israel, Planning Theory and Practice DOI: 10.1080/14649357.2020.1751251

Refereed chapters in books and other refereed publications

70. Salomon, I. and Razin, E. (1985) Potential impacts of telecommunications on the economic activities in sparsely populated regions, in: Gradus, Y. (ed.), Desert Development: Man and Technology in Sparselands, Dordrecht: D. Reidel, pp. 218-232.

71. Shachar, A. and Razin, E. (1985) The development of the settlement map in Israel, 1948-82, in: Eisenstadt, S.N., The Transformation of Israeli Society, London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson. Ch. 9I, pp. 198-208. Published also in Hebrew: Jerusalem: Magnes, 1989, pp. 213-220.

72. Razin, E. (1991) Trends in the industrial geography of Israel during the 50s and the 60s, in: Eretz Israel, Vol. 23, David Amiran Volume, Jerusalem: Israel Exploration Society, pp. 193-205. (Hebrew, English summary).

73. Razin, E. (1991) Stages in the development of Israel's spatial industrialization policy, in: Dietz, F., Heijman, W. and Shefer, D. (eds.) Location and Labor Considerations for Regional Development,

Aldershot: Avebury, pp. 125-140.

74. Razin, E. (1993) Immigrant entrepreneurs in Israel, Canada and California, in: Light, I. and Bhachu, P. (eds.) Immigration and Entrepreneurship, Culture, Capital, and Ethnic Networks, New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction, pp. 97-124. An early version appeared as: Razin, E. (1990), Immigrant Entrepreneurs in Israel, Canada and California, ISSR Working Papers in the Social Sciences, Vol. 5, No. 8, Los Angeles: UCLA, Institute for Social Science Research.

75. Razin, E. (1996) Shifts in Israel's industrial geography in the wake of policy changes in the 1990s, in: Gradus, Y. and Lipshitz, G. (eds.) The Mosaic of Israeli Geography at the Close of the Twentieth Century, Beer Sheva: Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Press, pp. 205-216. An early version appeared as: Razin, E. (1995) Shifts in Israel's Industrial Geography in the Wake of Policy Changes in the 1990s, Working Paper, Jerusalem: The Floersheimer Institute for Policy Studies.

76. Razin, E. (1996) Rapid development and restructuring of fringe areas: the Tel Aviv metropolis, in: Davies, R.J. (ed.) Contemporary City Structuring - International Geographical Insights, Cape Town: Society of South African Geographers, pp. 451-466.

77. Razin, E. (1997) Social networks, local opportunities and entrepreneurship among immigrants in Israel, in: Light, I. and Isralowitz, R.E. (eds.) Immigrant Entrepreneurs and Immigrant Absorption in the United States and Israel, Aldershot: Ashgate, pp. 57-81. A early version was published in: Isralowitz, R.E., Lazin, F. and Light, I. (eds.) (1994), Immigration and Absorption: Issues in a Multicultural Perspective, Beer-Sheva: The H.H. Humphry Institute for Social Ecology, Ben Gurion University, pp. 155-182

78. Razin, E. and Lindsey, G. (2004) Municipal boundary change procedures: local democracy versus central control, in: Barlow, M. and Wastl-Walter, D. (eds.) New Challenges in Local and Regional Administration, Aldershot: Ashgate, pp. 37-56.

79. Razin, E. (2004) Changing local government boundaries in Israel: the paradox of extreme centralism versus inability to reform, in: Meligrana, J. (ed.) Redrawing Local Government Boundaries: an International Study of Politics, Procedures and Decisions, Vancouver: UBC Press, pp. 154-171.

80. Meligrana, J. and Razin, E. (2004) Conclusion: changing local government boundaries in different political-ideological environments, in: Meligrana, J. (ed.) Redrawing Local Government Boundaries: an International Study of Politics, Procedures and Decisions, Vancouver: UBC Press, pp. 227-239.

81. Razin, E. (2004) Scenarios for policy – reflections from local government, in: Hasson, S. and Abu- Asbah, K. (eds.) Jews and Arabs in Israel Facing a Changing Reality, Jerusalem: The Floersheimer Institute for Policy Studies, pp. 190-196. (Hebrew)

82. Razin, E. and Hazan, A. (2005) Metropolitanization and political change in Israel, in: Hoffmann- Martinot, V. and Sellers, J.M. (eds.) Metropolitanization and Political Change, Wiesbaden: Verlag fuer Sozialwissenschaften, pp. 395-423. 82a.Razin, E. et Hazan, A. (2007) Les dynamiques de metropolisation en Israel, in: Hoffmann-Martinot, V. et Sellers, J. (dir.) Politique et metropole, Une comparaison internationale, Paris: CNRS Editions, pp. 189-213.

83. Razin, E. (2005) Determinants of residential sprawl in Canadian metropolitan areas, in: Atzema, O., Rietveld, P. and Shefer, D. (eds.) Regions, Land Consumption and Sustainable Growth,

Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, pp. 59-77.

84. Razin, E. (2006) Barriers to progress and equality of Arabs in Israel in the face of the crisis of the early 2000s, in: Hasson, S. and Karayanni, M.M. (eds.) Arabs in Israel, Barriers to Equality, Jerusalem: The Floersheimer Institute for Policy Studies, pp. 230-248. (Hebrew)

85. Razin, E. and Hazan, A. (2007) Local government amalgamation in Israel: towards the modernization of local government? in: Lazin, F., Evans, M., Hoffmann-Martinot, V. and Wollmann, H. (eds.) Local Government Reforms in Countries in Transition, a Global Perspective, Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, pp. 177-194.

86. Razin, E., Rosen, G., Dachoach-Halevi, M. and Hazan, A. (2007) Is the role of the state in local governance diminishing? The case of Israel's metropolitan areas, in: Collin, J-P. and Robertson, M. (eds.) Governing Metropolises: Profiles of Issues and Experiments on Four Continents, Québec: Presses de l’Université Laval, pp. 29-53. 86a. Razin, E., Rosen, G., Dachoach-Halevi, M. and Hazan, A. (2007) Diminution du role de l'etat dans la gouvernance locale? Le cas des regions metropolitaines en Israel, in: Collin, J-P. and Robertson, M. (dir.) Gouverner les metropoles: Enjeux et portraits des experiences sur quatre continents, Québec: Presses de l’Université Laval, pp. 29-56.

87. Razin, E. (2008) Immigrant entrepreneurs and the Israeli welfare state: institutional support and institutional constraints, in: Dana, L-P. (ed.) Handbook of Research on Ethnic Minority Entrepreneurship, Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, pp. 615-629.

88. Rosen, G. and Razin, E. (2010) Gated communities in Israel: utopian communities or exclusive club realms in a neoliberal era? in: Lehavi, A. (ed.) Gated Communities, Law, Society and Culture, The Buchman Faculty of Law series, Tel Aviv: Ramot University of Tel Aviv Press, pp. 41-81. (Hebrew)

89. Razin, E. (2010) Central government-local government relations and barriers for development of Arab local authorities in Israel, in: Haidar, A. (ed.) Arab Local Government in Israel, Jerusalem: Van Leer Institute, Hakibbutz Hameuchad, pp. 18-46. (Hebrew)

90. Razin, E. (2013) Deconcentration in the Tel Aviv metropolitan area: governance, markets and the quest for sustainability, in: Vojnovic, I. (ed.) Urban Sustainability: a Global Perspective, East Lansing: Michigan State University Press, pp. 149-175.

91. Razin, E. and Hazan, A. (2013) Metropolitan processes and voting behavior in Israel, in: Sellers, J.M., Kübler, D., Walter-Rogg, M. And Walks, R.A. (eds.) The Political Ecology of the Metropolis, Colchester: ECPR Press, pp. 389-418.

92. Razin, E. (2013) Councilors and their parties, in: Egner, B., Sweeting, D. and Jan Klok, P. (eds.) Local Councillors in Europe, Wiesbaden: Springer, pp. 51-62.

93. Razin, E. (2018) Checks and balances in planning decentralization: lessons from Ontario, in: Lehavi, A. (ed.) One Hundred Years of Zoning and the Future of Cities Springer, pp. 177-199.

Other Publications

94. Razin, E. (1980) The Central Business District of Ramat-Gan, Characteristics of a Sub-Center in the Metropolitan Region of Tel-Aviv, Research Reports Series 1980/2. Jerusalem: The Hebrew University, Department of Geography, Institute of Urban and Regional Studies. 19 pp. (Hebrew).

95. Razin, E. (1983) The Location of Industrial Firms in Israel, Jerusalem: The Jerusalem Institute for

Israel Studies. (Hebrew, English Summary).

96. Razin, E. (1984) Industrialization of development towns in Israel, Labor and Social Affairs and National Insurance 36(3-4): 146-150. (Hebrew).

97. Razin, E. (1985) The early industrialization of the Negev, 1950-1960, Idan No. 6: 178-193. (Hebrew).

98. Salomon, I. and Razin, E. (1986) The Geography of the Israeli Telecommunications System: Patterns and Implications, Jerusalem: The Jerusalem Institute for Israel Studies. (Hebrew, English summary).

99. Razin, E. (1990) Entrepreneurship among immigrants: Israel and international comparisons, in: Gonen, A. (ed.), Geography of Immigrant Absorption, Lessons of the Past and View to the Future, Jerusalem: Israel Geographical Association, pp. 58-66. (Hebrew).

100. Razin, E. (1991) Local Initiative as a Leverage to Urban Development: Trends in the Evolution of the Urban System in Israel's Southern Coastal Plain, Jerusalem: The Hebrew University, Institute of Urban and Regional Studies. (Hebrew)

101. Razin, E. (1991) The industrial dispersal policy in Israel, in: Surkis, H., Rap, E. and Shachar, T. (eds.), Trends in the Geography of Israel: Core and Periphery, Jerusalem: Ministry of Education and Culture, Maalot, pp. 43-64. (Hebrew).

102. Felsenstein, D. and Razin, E. (1993) Post-industrial processes and their influence on the spatial- economic organization of Israel, in: Israel 2020, Master Plan for Israel in the 21st Century, Vol B, Haifa: The Technion Research and Development Foundation, pp. 87-119. (Hebrew).

103. Razin, E. (1994) Municipal Reform in the Tel Aviv Metropolis: The Agenda for the 1990s, Jerusalem: The Floersheimer Institute for Policy Studies. 52 pages. (Hebrew).

104. Razin, E. and Hazan, A. (1994) The Development of Industrial and Employment Centers - The Local Government Dimension, Jerusalem: The Floersheimer Institute for Policy Studies. 52 pages. (Hebrew).

105. Razin, E. (1996) Trends in the Urban-Rural Fringe of the Tel Aviv Metropolis, Implications on Local Government, Jerusalem: The Floersheimer Institute for Policy Studies. 55 pages. (Hebrew).

106. Razin, E. (1996) Policies to Control Urban Sprawl: Planning Regulations or Changes in the "Rules of the Game", Jerusalem: The Floersheimer Institute for Policy Studies. 39 pages. (Hebrew).

107. Razin, E. (1997) Israel's local government map for the year 2020, in: General Policy, Spatial, Economic and Municipal Aspects - Israel 2020, Master Plan for Israel in the 21st Century, Haifa: The Technion Research and Development Foundation, pp. 101-137. (Hebrew).

108. Lithwick, H., Gradus, Y., Razin, E. and Yiftachel, O. (1997) Industry in the Negev - Policy, Profile and Prospects, Beer Sheva: Negev Center for Regional Development, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. 108a.Yiftachel, O., Gradus, Y., Razin, E. (1996) Industry in the Negev: Process, Structure and Location, Beer Sheva: Negev Center for Regional Development, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. (Hebrew).

109. Razin, E. (1998) Fiscal Disparities Among Local Authorities in Israel, 1972-1995, Jerusalem: The Floersheimer Institute for Policy Studies. 88 pages. (Hebrew).

110. Rosentraub, M.S. and Razin, E. (1998) Metropolitan Governance and Development: Lessons from Indianapolis, Jerusalem: The Floersheimer Institute for Policy Studies. 56 pages. (Hebrew)

111. Razin, E. (1999) Immigrant Entrepreneurs and the Urban Milieu: Evidence from the U.S., Canada and Israel, WP #99-1, Vancouver: Vancouver Centre of Excellence, Research on Immigration and Integration in the Metropolis (RIIM).

112. Razin, E. (1999) Fiscal Disparities Between Small and Large Municipalities in Israel, Jerusalem: The Floersheimer Institute for Policy Studies. 40 pages. (Hebrew)

113. Razin, E. (1999) Fiscal Disparities Between Arab and Jewish Local Authorities, Is the Gap Narrowing? A Policy Paper, Jerusalem: The Floersheimer Institute for Policy Studies. 16 pages. (Hebrew)

114. Razin, E. and Hazan, A. (2000) Municipal Boundary Change Procedures: Local Democracy versus Central Control, Jerusalem: The Floersheimer Institute for Policy Studies. 87 pages. (Hebrew)

115. Razin, E. (2000) The Fiscal Capacity of the Bedouin Local Authorities in the Negev, Beer Sheva: Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Negev Center for Regional Development, Center for Bedouin Studies and Development.

116. Razin, E. and Hazan, A. (2001) Municipal Boundary Changes in Arab Local Authorities, Jerusalem: The Floersheimer Institute for Policy Studies. 44 pages. (Hebrew)

117. Razin, E. (2002) Fiscal Disparities among Local Authorities in Israel in the Year 2000: Continuity and Change in a Period of Political Instability, Jerusalem: The Floersheimer Institute for Policy Studies. 47 pages. (Hebrew)

118. Razin, E. (2003) Local Government Reform in Israel: Between Centralization and Decentralization, Between Traditionalism and Modernity, Jerusalem: The Floersheimer Institute for Policy Studies. 118 pages. (Hebrew)

119. Obirih-Opareh, N., Razin, E., Van der Geest, S. and Post, J. (2003) The Effects of Decentralization and Privatisation on Urban Environmental Management: Waste Management in the Accra Metropolitan Area, NIRP Research for Policy Series 22, Amsterdam: Royal Tropical Institute KIT Publishers, 64 pages.

120. Razin, E. (2003) It won't work without carrots, Haaretz (daily newspaper), December 31 (Hebrew and English editions).

121. Razin, E. (2004) The treasury's whip is no use, Haaretz (daily newspaper), February 2 (Hebrew and English editions).

122. Rosen, G. and Razin, E. (2004) The College Chase: Competition among Local Authorities in Israel over Institutions of Higher Education, Jerusalem: The Floersheimer Institute for Policy Studies. 67 pages. (Hebrew)

123. Efrati, Y., Razin, E. and Brender, A. (2004) Local Government Reform: Decentralizing the Deserving and Equipping the Disadvantaged, Position paper no. 55, Jerusalem: Israel Democracy Institute. (Hebrew)

124. Shachar, A, Gradus, Y., Razin, E., Krakover, S. and Felsenstein, D. (2005) Global

Development in a Local Town: Local and Regional Impacts of the Qiryat Gat New Industrial Park, Beer Sheva: The Negev Center for Regional Development, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, and The Institute of Urban and Regional Studies, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. (Hebrew) Razin, E., Population, welfare, and economic development trends in Qiryat Gat and neighboring municipalities, pp. 119-137. Razin, E., Residential distribution of labor employed in the Qiryat Gat new industrial park, pp. 139-156.

125. Razin, E. and Hazan, A. (2006) Redistributing Municipal Wealth in Israel, Reducing the Inequalities in the Revenues of Local Authorities, Jerusalem: The Floersheimer Institute for Policy Studies. 91 pages. (Hebrew)

126. Razin, E. (2006) Policy outline in local government and governance policy, in: Israel Democracy Institute, The first 100 days plan for the prime minister, submitted to Israel's Prime Minister. (Hebrew)

127. Razin, E. (ed.) (2006) Redistributing Municipal Revenues, Financial Measures and Territorial Modifications, The II Annual Local Government Conference of the Harold Hartog School of Governance & Policy, Jerusalem and Tel Aviv: Tel Aviv University School of Governance & Policy, The Floersheimer Institute for Policy Studies. 72 pages. (Hebrew)

128. Razin, E. (ed.) (2007) City Center Revitalization and Retail Development in Israeli Local Authorities, Jerusalem: Floersheimer Studies, The Hebrew University and School of Governance & Policy, Tel Aviv University. 78 pages. (Hebrew) Razin, E., Suburbanization of retail and local government: a comparative international perspective, pp. 9-34.

129. Razin, E. (2008) Tel Aviv-Yafo, Encyclopædia Britannica. http://www.britannica.com/eb/ article-9071570/Tel-Aviv-Yafo

130. Ben-Elia, N. and Razin. E. (2008) Local Government and the Preservation of Open Space Policy. Tel Aviv: The Open Land Institute (Machon Deshe). (Hebrew)

131. Hazan, A. and Razin, E. (eds.) (2008) Personal Liability in Local Government in Israel, Unlawful Expenditures and Repay, Jerusalem: Floersheimer Studies. 77 pages. (Hebrew) Hazan, A. and Razin, E. Personal liability: a different verse, pp. 9-44.

132. Razin, E. and Israel, E. (2009) Jerusalem as a capital city: The government sector and the economy, in: Ofer, G. (ed.) A Vision for Jerusalem: Plan for Revitalizing Jerusalem, the Capital of Israel, Jerusalem: The Jerusalem Institute for Israel Studies, pp. 123-164. (Hebrew)

133. Razin, E. and Israel, E. (2009) The governing framework of Jerusalem and its metropolis, in: Ofer, G. (ed.) A Vision for Jerusalem: Plan for Revitalizing Jerusalem, the Capital of Israel, Jerusalem: The Jerusalem Institute for Israel Studies, pp. 295-358. (Hebrew)

134. Razin, E. (2009) The economic position of cities in the southern coastal plain: contradicting trends of metropolitization and peripherialization, Idan (The Development Towns), No. 24: 87-106. (Hebrew)

135. Razin, E. (2010) Inter-relations between regional councils and cities, in: Dalgo, M. (chair) Committee Report: Rural Settlement in 2025, Submitted to the President of the State of Israel – Shimon Peres, pp. 52-60. (Hebrew)

136. Ben-Ami, G., Vinokur, T., Lavi, M., Ein Dar Naim, O., Feitelson, E., Felsenstein, D., Razin, E.,

Rechtman, O., Stern, E. (2010) Evaluation of District Outline Plans in Israel, Final Report, Submitted to the Planning Administration, Ministry of Interior, Jerusalem. (Hebrew)

137. Razin, E. (2010) City boundary drawing: a tool of governance, an expression of identity, a measure of control, in: Redécouper/recomposer les territoires: oui, mais pourquoi? (Territorial restructuring: yes, but why?) Cycle de conférences ES2, Propose par F. Giraut, Université de Genève. (DVD series)

138. Masry Herzalla, A., Razin, E. and Choshen, M. (2011) Jerusalem as an Internal Migration Destination for Israeli-Palestinian Families, Jerusalem: Floersheimer Studies. (Hebrew)

139. Razin, E. and Masry Herzalla, A. (2011) The city of unlimited opportunities, TheMarker Haaretz, 28 July, pp. 23. Internet edition: http://www.themarker.com/news/israel2021/1.674994 (Hebrew)

140. Razin, E. and Hazan, A. (2012) Municipal Arrangements: Directions for Reform in Local Government and Governance Frameworks in Israel, Jerusalem: Floersheimer Studies. (Hebrew)

141. Razin, E. and Hazan, A. (2014) Local government reforms, in: Levy, Y. and Sarig, E. (eds.) The Local Government – Between the State, the Community and the Market Economy, Raanana: The Open University, pp. 793-847. (Hebrew)

142. Razin, E. (2016) The role of local government in Israel in spatial development, in Hasson, S., Kutok, O., Drukman, D. and Roter, D. (2016) Israel 2048, Spatial Development and Planning, Jerusalem: Ministry of Finance Planning Administration, The Hebrew University, The Shasha Center for Strategic Studies, pp. 215-222. (Hebrew)

143. Shenhav, E. and Razin, E. (2018) Place Attachment in Different Neighborhoods in One City: On the Relations of Persons to their Neighborhood and City, Jerusalem: Floersheimer Studies. (Hebrew)

144. Razin, E., Hazan, A. and Elron, O. (2018) Municipal-Private Partnerships in Israel, Remunicipalization or Maturation, Jerusalem: Floersheimer Studies. (Hebrew)

145. Razin, E. (2018) Was the elections sabbatical (public holiday) justified? TheMarker Haaretz, 1 November. Internet edition: https://www.themarker.com/news/politics/.premium-1.6613310 (Hebrew)

146. Razin, E. (2020) The effect of the Corona(virus) on the Arnona (local property tax) TheMarker Haaretz, 26 April. Internet edition: https://www.themarker.com/news/macro/.premium-1.8800188 (Hebrew)