PROJECT: ANALYSIS

GEOPOLITICS: WHY JERUSALEM?

Geographically:
Jerusalem is located at the center of the
conflict between Israel and Palestine.
Politically:
Jerusalem is a city that is run by
two different governments.
Capitols:
Jerusalem is currently considered to be
the capitol of both Israel and Palestine.
Both sides refuse to change that since it
is a city that is a key symbol of their faith.
Tourism:
Jerusalem is the main attraction for tourists
Key City:
Jerusalem would be the only place where
the ARC would meet with The Wall.

INFRASTRUCTURE: THE ARC AND LINEAR CITIES

Recently the RAND Corp. (a think tank company) employed
Doug Suisman, an urban planner from Santa Monica,
to figure out a relief for the people in the West Bank
and Gaza. Suisman figured that with a well planned
infrastructure to travel from the north of the West Bank
to the Gaza Strip, the Palestinian people would be able to
be self-sufficient by creating jobs and distributing well
needed resources to the cities of Palestine. By placing the
Train Stations outside of the historical centers, the cities
would grow in a imear fashion in order to promote a
controlled density and preservation of historical monuments.

ECONOMIES

PALESTINE IS LOSING

TOURISM IS MEASURED
THROUGH 3 KEY FACTORS:

Bed Nights in Hotels
Transportation
Tour Operators, ie. gift shops

TRANSPORTATION
2000 - 230 tourist coaches
18 tourist transportation companies
480 employees
2001 - $8 million lost
2006 - 80 coaches
150 employees
TOUR OPERATORS
Lost 90% of income

2000 - 442 shops with 900 employees

2004 - 300 shops with 500 employees
Major foreign currency generator
of East Jerusalem:

2000 - 3,500 direct jobs
2005 - less than 1,800 jobs left

HOTELS
51% of Hotels are competely or
partially closed remainder
rooms are rented out.
West Jerusalem -
Number of Bed Nights in Hotels Dropped 52%
[ 2.85 million (2000) to 1.36 million (2001) ]
East Jerusalem -
Number of Bed Nights in Hotels Dropped 82%[ 600,000 (2000) to 104,500 (2001)

THE MOST IMPORTANT ROLE:

ARC INFRASTRUCTURE, THE TRAIN STATION, AND THE CITY OF JERUSALEM

WORKING AS ONE

Currently the only way to travel from
the West Bank to Israel is to travel
by highway across check points that
are located along the wall.
These checkpoints are the locations
for much of the violence that happens
between Israelis and Palestinians.
The vectors show an East - West movement
that the mass population uses to cross into
and out of the West Bank and Israel.

HOW DO YOU DIFFUSE THIS TENSION...?

BY ROTATING THE AXIS OF TRAFFIC.

By rotating the axis of movement to
North - South and making one city the center
for this exchange it will begin to diffuse the tension
between Israelis and Palestinians.
This would allow for one city to become the hub for
the ARC - infrastructure. There is only one city that
posseses the conditions for this shift.... Jerusalem