This case study shall highlight the work of waste management unit of Joint Council for Services in the Palestinian City of Nablus, for the purpose of identifying major challenges and suggesting possible solutions. The data and arguments were presented by [...]

“PPI & Palestinian Local Authorities” is a title of Tiri for the Pro Poor Integrity (PPI) Project. This is one of a series of case studies exploring the role of ethics and integrity as contributors to success in the conduct [...]

This brief provides scrupulous analyses of one of the latest chapters of the prolonged Israeli colonial project in the occupied city of Jerusalem. The analyses provide a critical view from a Palestinian planning perspective, using an in-depth mapping approach of [...]

The paper at hand gives an overview of one of the latest plans that contemplate the building of a viable Palestinian state, by linking both the Gaza Strip and the West Bank through a boulevard-transportation system known as the Arc. [...]

The paper presents the dilemma of land administration in general and land registration in particular, which are some of the weakened capacities due to occupation in Palestine. Since an adequate, credible and sustainable land registration system is the foundation of [...]

Despite the fact that wastewater is a major source of pollution it is considered a sustainable and valuable resource that should be collected, treated to acceptable standards and reused not only to preserve the environment and groundwater aquifers, but also [...]

The aim of this study is to measure and evaluate the effect of different particle sources on the ambient particle concentration. Measurements in different places in the governorate of Bethlehem were made and the values were compared to international standards [...]

The paper gives an introduction about previous studies that have been made in the field of ancient cisterns, and then gives a detailed definition of a cistern, pointing out key issues for water management. The paper also discusses methods that [...]

Due to its average annual rainfall, coupled with regional water resources from the Jordan River and groundwater from its Aquifer System, the West Bank is generally not considered to be a water-poor region. However, since the Israeli occupation of the [...]

The paper provides a historical background and legal framework to the IOF presence in the occupied Palestinian Territory and assesses some of the consequent environmental implications. It explores the fields of unexploded ordinances and land mines, radiation within the oPT, [...]