Prof. Shalom Reichman

(1935-1992)

Abstract

The thirty years of scientific work of the late Shalom Reichman, is the story of modern geography in Israel. His research encompassed four major areas: Transportation, History, Planning and public policy, and Boundaries. In 1964, Reichman wrote his PhD dissertation at the University of Liverpool, on “The Transportation Development in Western Africa”, in which he demonstrated the unique contribution of geography to the understanding of transportation processes by factoring spatial variables into the various elements that constitute these processes. When he returned to Israel, he decided to study Economics, emphasizing geographers’ obligation to delve into inter-disciplinary fields. One of his major projects was the first “Travel Habits Survey” to be conducted in Israel. In 1975, Reichman was appointed Chief Scientist for the Ministry of Transportation in Israel. This position allowed him to involve academic geography directly in the decision making processes within the transportation realm. Subsequently Reichman served as an advisor to the “National Planning and Building Committee”, applying his research to various projects, including the influential “Neighborhoods Reconstruction Project, or Project Renewal Another dimension of Reichman’s work was the historical-geographical research of settlement processes in Israel towards the end of the Ottoman period and during the British mandate. He attached great importance to the combination of time and space, and the need to go back in time in order to gain better understanding of the present and the future of the Israeli State. In all of his deeds, Shalom Reichman went the extra mile to present the geographer’s point of view. When he passed away, Israeli Geography lost an important and valued researcher and colleague. He led the way to broadening Geography’s horizons and its intellectual dimensions at a time when the tendency was towards narrower application and specialization.

• Air Transport in West Africa - A Geographical Approach, Paris, Institut de Transport Aerien, 1965. 2 vols.
• "A Nole on Transportation Impact in Subsistence Agricultural Areas", .8 Research Report No. 49, Northwestern University, Department of Geography, 1969. 13 pp.
• "Structure des reseaux aeriens en Afrique Occidentale", Information .9 Geographique, 33:2 (1969), pp. 61-71
• 'Land, Sea and Air Transportation Maps, with Explanatory Text", Atlas of .10 Israel, Tel Aviv, 1970, English Edition, XIV/I-2
• 'Transportation Mapping in Israel", International Conference on .11 Transportation Maps, Budapest, 1970
• 'The Evolution of Land Transportation in Palestine 1920-1947", Jerusalem. 12 Studies in Geography, 2 (1971), pp. 55-90
• [with P.R. 'Stopher], "Disaggregate Stochastic Models of Travel Mode .13 Choice", Highway Research Record, 369 (1971), pp. 19-103
• Transportation in the Urban Development of West Africa", in: . La croissance urbaine en Afrique Noire et Madagascar, Paris, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, II, 1972, pp. 971-983
• Transportation and Urban Development in West Africa - A Review", in: .16 .5. Hoyle (ed.), Transport and Development - Geographical Readings, London, Macmillan, 1973, pp. 190-207
• Transportation in Jerusalem", in: D.H.K. Amiran, A. Shachar & Y. Kimhi (eds.), Urban Geography of Jerusalem, Berlin, De Gruyter, 1973, pp. 123-138
• "Subjective Time Savings in Inter-Urban Travel - An Empirical Study", Highway Research Record, 466 (1973), pp. 21-27
• [with A. Eliash], "Trip Characteristics in Israeli Cities", Transportation, 2 (1973), pp. 313-320
• "Spatial Characteristics of Short-Haul Air Traffic - The Case of the Tel Aviv Route", Acta Geographica Lovaniensa, 12 (1974), pp. 37-47
• "Alternative Behavioral Approaches to Value of Time Models with Implications for Non-Traders", in: Behavioral Travel Demand Modeling and Valuation of Travel Time, Transportation Research Board Special Report 149,1974, pp. 173-179
• "Travel Adjustments and Life-Styles - A Behavioral Approach", in: P.R. Stopher & A.H. Myburg (eds.), Behavioral Travel Demand Modeling, Lexington, Heath, 1976, pp. 143-152
• [with H. Ramon], "Travel Patterns as a Social Phenomenon - An Israeli Case-Study", Project F-7, Ford Foundation, New York, 1976.36 pp.
• "Pedestrian Culture vis-a-vis Motorized Culture - Some Reflexions on Urban Transportation Policy", International Conference on Pedestrian Safety, Haifa, Technion, 1976. 8 pp.
• "A Note on the Range of Transportation Services, Trade Areas and the Functional Rank of Cities", Travaux et Documents de Geographie Tropicale, 23 (1976), pp. 51-59
• "Conceptual Problems in Evaluation of Travel Time", Transportation Research Record, 587 (1976), pp. 24-29
• [with P.R. Stopher), "Applications of Value of Travel Time 10 Travel Demand Estimation", Transportation Research Record, 587 (1976), pp. 6-11
• [with H. Ramon), "Travel Patterns as a Social Phenomenon - An Israeli Case-Study", Jerusalem, Hebrew University, 1976. 36 pp.
• "Instrumental and Life-Style Aspects of Urban Travel", Transportation Research Record, 649 (1977), pp. 38-42
• 'Transportation and Boundaries - The Israeli Case Study", International Geographers Union Transportation Studies, Basle, IGU, 1977
• [with B. Kibei], "A Minimum Requirements Approach to Urban Travel", L 'Espace Geographique, 2 (1977), pp.101 -107
• 'The Human Factor in Travel Behaviour - Implications for Research Methodology", in: Mobility in Urban Life. Paris, IRT, 1978, pp. 175-181
• [with O. adnat] Quality des transports collectifs dans la couronne de quelques villes francaises", TEC, 31 (1978), pp. 27-38
• Les Transports - Servitude ou Liberti, Paris, PUF, 1983.
• [with I. Salomon], "The Value of Space as Determinable from Transport studies - A Tentative Formulation", in: C. Muscara & c. Poli (eds.), Transport Geography Facing Geography, International Geographers Union Working Group on Transport Geography, Universita di Roma, Rome, IGU, 1983, pp. 89-110
• [with O. Adnan & B. Matalon]. "Mobility Behavior and Urban Structure - in Empirical Study", in: J. Golob & A. Ruhl (eds.), Transport and Social 'Yell-Being, Introductory Papers, The Hague, Ministry of Transport, 1983, pp. 132-148.
• [with O. Adnan & B. Matalon], "Les effets de la structure urbaine sur les comportements de mobilite", in: J. Golob & A. Ruhl, International Geographers Union Working Group on Transport Geography, annexe francaise, Universita di Roma, Rome, IGU, 1983, pp. 9-38.
• [with S. Hakkert, P. Ben-Shaul & D. Link (eds.)], Traffic Transportation and Urban Planning, London, Goodwin, 1981.
• [with O. Adnan et al.], Mobilite et Espace Urbain, Paris, Ministere de Transport, 1984.
• [with I. Salomon], "Transport Geography in Israel, 1980-1984 - A Review", .47 resented at the meeting of the International Geographers' Union Working Group on Transport Geography, Paris, 1984
• [with P. Nijkamp (eds.)], Transportation Planning in a Changing World, .48 London, Gower, 1987. 340 pp.
• [with I. Salomon], "Travel Demand or Needs for Access as Determinants of .49 Future Policy-Making", in: P. Nijkamp & S. Reichman (eds.), Transportation Planning in a Changing World, London, Gower, 1987, pp. 152-167
• [with I. Masser & P. Nijkamp, "A Framework for Research on Transport, .5_ Communication and Mobility", Em'ironment and Planning, C, 6 (1988), pp. 127-130 .
• [with P. Nijkamp & M. Wegener (eds.)], Euromobile - Transport. .51 Communications and Mobility in Europe, London, 1990. 412 pp.
• "Urban Transport as a Local Public Good - A Tentative Conceptualisation", .52 Paper submitted to Transportation Research, 1990'
• Book Review - H. Dimitriou (ed.), Transport Planning for Third World .5J Cities, in: Environment and Planning, A 23:4 (1991), pp. 615-616
• [with S. Hasson], "A Cross-Cultural Diffusion of Colonization - From Posen .67 0 Palestine", Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 74: I (1984), pp. 57-70
• "A Reflection on the Jewish .settlement Process in the West Bank Since 1967", in: A. Morley & A. Shachar (eds.), Planning in Turbulence, Jerusalem, 1986, pp. 83-96
• [with A. Golan], "Irredentism and Boundary Adjustment in Post World-War .76 Europe", in: N. Chazan (ed.), Irredentism and International Politics, Boulder, 1991, pp. 51-68
• Transfer - Crystallization of the Settlement Map of Israel Followning the War of Independence", in:. R. Kark (ed.), The Land that Became Israel, New Haven, Ya'ie University Press, 1990, pp. 320-330
• [with R. Gerson), "Uniqueness and Generality in Israeli Geography", in: O.H.K. Amiran & Y. Ben-Arieh (eds.), Geography in Israel, Jerusalem, Israel National Committee, International Geographers Union, 1976, pp. 24-35
• "Le voyage d'un geographe dans Ie 'Pays de l'Administration"', L'Espace Geographique, 1978, pp. 123-125
• "Une observation sur les regularites structurelles dans les schemas de decision", Brouil/ons Dupont, 2 (1978), pp. 61-64 [with J. Beaujeu-Garnier), "Urbanization and Social Justice - A Tentative Problem Identification", in: S. Reichman & J. Beaujeu-Garnier (eds.), Urbanisation contemporaine et justice socia Ie, Jerusalem, CNRO, 1979, pp. 3-13
• "On the Instrumental Function of Political Geography", in: N. Kliot & S. Waterman (eds.), Pluralism and Political Geography, London, Croomhelm, 1983, pp. 201-213
• "Le droit au transport - Acte declaratif au projet innovateur?" Transports, 289 (1984), pp. 413-415
• "Project Renewal as an Area-Based Program - Some Policy Issues", Working Paper 414/86, Tel Aviv, Everyman's University, the Open University of Israel, 1986. 12 pp.
• [with R. Ratti], "Spatial Effects of Borders - An Overview of Traditional and .91 New Approaches 10 Border Region Development", in: P. Nijkamp (ed.), Europe on the Move, Avebury, Aldershot, 1993, pp. 115-137
• [with R. Ratti (eds.)], Theory and Practice of Trans border Cooperation. Basle, .92 Helbing & Lichtenhan