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    23 September

    | 2020 | 10:00

    The Green Belts of Jerusalem

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    • In Hebrew
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    • Free
    • In Hebrew
    • Live
    • Public
    • Online
    The Green Belts of Jerusalem

    The Green Belts of Jerusalem – from Sacher Park to the Gazelle Valley Park

    Background

    The departments of planning and the environment of the Jerusalem Municipality have recently initiated a plan to return water-flow to several of Jerusalem’s streams, aided by the Water for Nature group. ‘Water for Nature’ specializes in planning processes, together with local communities, to revitalize and rehabilitate Israel’s streams (Nahalim).

    As a first step, it was decided to focus on the Nahal Rehavya basin (a secondary basin of the Nahal Refaim basin), which covers the area from Nahlaot, Rehavya, Rassco and Gonenim in the east, to Qiryat Moshe, Beit Ha-Kerem, Bayit ve-Gan and Malha in the west. This basin drains into Nahal Rehavya and its tributaries – among them Nahal Rakafot and Nahal Beit Ha’Kerem, joining Nahal Refaim in the Malha area.

    Several parks, gardens and urban nature sites operate side by side but they do so as independent and separate entities. The program proposes weaving these open spaces together to create a united park system – catering for recreation, leisure and nature education.

    The plan and its principles were first presented to the public during the event. Ofer Manor, Jerusalem Municipality Chief Architect, opened the event. Tami Gavrieli from Gavrieli-Segal and the Jerusalem Institute for Public Policy, and Tamir Manzur Carmel from the Jerusalem Municipality explained the various aspects of the new approach for dealing with public spaces – from a macro level down to that of specific details. Amitay Mei-Ron described the plan being developed by the Water for Nature group for Nahal Rehavya. Tom Amit from the Botanical Garden and Yael Hammerman Solar from the Gazelle Valley Park also commented.

    This event was held with the support of “Ba’Rutina”, together with the Jerusalem Municipality, the Botanical Garden, the Jerusalem Institute for Policy Research and the Israel Association of Community Centers.