ABSTRACT
In Part I, I argued that the influx of immigrants from the Soviet Union that began in early 1990 should be classified as a crisis situation. It thus falls within the fourth quadrant of each of the theoretical frameworks proposed by theorists to match planning approaches to problem types. I showed that problems falling within these quadrants are generally regarded by planning theorists as being beyond the instructive wisdom of the kit-of-theory-tools that planners have developed. Despite this pessimistic view, I now set out to examine the roles policymakers and planners played during the Israeli immigrant absorption crisis, as it evolved through time. How did they handle the massive housing needs of the immigrants? How did they address the urban and regional development issues?
