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1st Edition

The Industrial Geography of Israel

By Yehuda Gradus, Shaul Krakover, Eran Razin Copyright 1993
    272 Pages
    by Routledge

    272 Pages
    by Routledge
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    Israel's industrial geography is unique. The continuing Arab-Israeli conflict has been a primary force behind government intervention in settlement patterns, and has led to a major effort to disperse industry. The geopolitical situation has also encouraged a policy of attempted self-reliance, especially for defence purposes. These factors, combined with an abundant human capital, have given Israeli high-technology industries a special place in the international division of labour. The absorption of waves of mass immigration has influenced industrial development. Rural industrialisation, mainly by the Kibbutz (communal settlement) movement, is another unique feature.
    The Industrial Geography of Israel presents a comprehensive overview of industrial spatial development of Israel from the Ottoman era to present times, evaluating industrial dispersal policy, corporate geography, high-technology industries, entrepreneurship and rural industrial development. The spatial development of Israeli industry is set within the broader context of Israel's political and economic development and of global economic change, as well as theories of industrial location and regional planning and development.

    Part I The industrial geography of Israel: An introduction 1 GENERAL BACKGROUND 2 ISRAELI INDUSTRY: BACKGROUND AND ROLE IN THE ECONOMY Part II The evolution of the industrial geography of Israel until 1973 3 INDUSTRIAL EVOLUTION IN ISRAEL: GENERAL ARGUMENTS 4 THE PRE-STATEHOOD ROOTS 5 EARLY CRYSTALLISATION OF THE ISRAELI SPATIAL INDUSTRIALISATION POLICY, 1948–55 6 THE GREAT PUSH FORWARD: INDUSTRIALISATION OF THE DEVELOPMENT TOWNS, 1956–67 7 THE POST–1967 CROSSROADS Part III The industrial geography of Israel in a period of economic stagnation8 CHANGING REALITIES OF THE 1970s AND 1980s 9 MEASURING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF INDUSTRIAL DISPERSAL POLICY: A QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENT 10 STAGNATION OF THE INDUSTRIAL BASE IN THE PERIPHERY AND THE CASE FOR DIVERSIFICATION 11 INERTIA AND INCREMENTAL CHANGE: AN EVALUATION OF THE INCENTIVES FOR INDUSTRIAL DISPERSAL 12 CORPORATE GEOGRAPHY AND THE CRISIS IN THE FEDERATION OF LABOUR ENTERPRISES 13 THE EMERGING GEOGRAPHY OF HIGH-TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRIES 14 THE RE-EMERGENCE OF LOCAL DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES 15 THE LOCAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP OPTION Part IV Rural industrialisation in Israel 16 INDUSTRIALISATION IN RURAL ISRAEL: AN INTRODUCTION 17 THE UNIQUE CASE OF THE KIBBUTZ 18 THE RURAL MOSHAV INDUSTRIALISATION PROCESS 19 INDUSTRIALISATION IN THE ARAB SECTOR Part V Postscript 20 ISRAEL’S INDUSTRIAL GEOGRAPHY IN THE 1990s

    Biography

    Yehuda Gradus holds the Harry Levy Chair in Geography and Regional Planning and is Head of the Centre for Regional Development Policy at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel. Eran Razin is Senior Lecturer in Geography at Hebrew University, Jerusalem, and Shaul Krakover is Senior Lecturer and Chairman of the Department of Geography and Environmental Development, also at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.

    `... makes an important and timely contribution to Israeli research. It is thoroughly researched, well presented and clearly argued. It should be added to the libraries of all those interested in Israel's geography, economy and public policy.' - Regional Studies

    `...the book would prove most useful to students of industrial geography at large, and even more so to all those interested in Israeli society and economy.' - Environment and Planning A
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