Ashdod Travelers guide

25 In 2001, following the September 11th attacks in the United States, and the wave of anti-Semitismwhich engulfed Europe, the Jews of France began flocking to the city, which built large wealthy neighborhoods for them along the shoreline, in a style reminiscent of the French Riviera. As of the second decade of the 21st century the various districts of the city are in a constant process of urban renewal. The decline in available land reserves in the city, together with the increase in the rate of population growth, led to the fact that most of the construction in Ashdod is high-rise construction. In 2015 The "K" Towers in the Kirya Quarter, which rise to a height of 150 meters , entered the list of the two hundred tallest high-rise buildings in Israel outside of Gush Dan (the Tel Aviv metropolitan area). However, real estate is not the only area in which the city aims high. Over the years Ashdod has consistently and continuously won a fair amount of prizes, awards and praises for its conduct in many areas. In 2010 alone the city won the Kirya Yaffa fellowship prize from the Council for a Beautiful Israel, thanks to 15 consecutive years of winning the title of the most beautiful city in Israel, as well as the Realizing Israel prize in the field of environmental and urban development (thereby becoming the first city in Israel to win this award). In 2012 it won the Flag of Beauty from the Council for a Beautiful Israel, sponsored by The Ministry of Interior. In the same year it won a Ministry of Transportation competition and was chosen to lead the green transportation revolution in Israel. A year later, in 2013, Ashdod became the first city to receive the National Volunteer Award , given by the Nation Council for Volunteerism in the Prime Minister's Office. The same year it won the title of Greenest City in Israel in the Cleantech Competition for the Greenest Municipalities in Israel. In 2014 the city won the AKIM Inclusion Award as well as awards for education, and it continues to serve as a national role model for excellence in a wide variety of fields. Geographic, Topographical and Architectural structure