Dr. Boris Portnov
Research Interests
- Various aspects of urban and regional planning for arid zones:
- Urban and regional policies for sustainable population growth and economic development;
- Inter-regional migration;
- Development of specifics of desert settlements;
- Interregional inequalities;
- Patterns of urban development in desert settlements;
- Urban land use in desert areas
Research Projects for M.Sc.
- Comparative analysis of development patterns of desert towns in various regions;
- Desert vs. non-desert towns: development peculiarities;
- Migration patterns to and from desert settlements;
- Population makeup of desert communities;
- Typology of urban dwelling and open spaces in historical desert settlements;
- Housing design for ethnic minorities in the desert
Contact:
Department of Man in the Desert
The Desert Architecture and Urban Planning Unit
J. Blaustein Inst. For Desert Research
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev,
Sede Boker Campus, 84990, Israel
Phone: +972-8-659-6884 Fax: 972-8-659-6881
E-mail: portnov@bgumail.bgu.ac.il
Url: http://www.bgu.ac.il/CDAUP