| The Industrial Geography of Israel Contributor(s): Gradus, Yehuda (Author), Krakover, Shaul (Author), Razin, Eran (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415021561 ISBN-13: 9780415021562 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $152.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 1993 Annotation: Israel's industrial geography is unique. The country's geopolitical position has demanded that it constantly defend its borders--borders that are themselves still undefined. Taking advantage of high-technology developments in order to compensate for a lack of natural resources, industry has been encouraged by government incentives to locate in peripheral and developing areas. A policy of dispersing both people and industry has been one of the cornerstones of government security and defense efforts. By presenting a comprehensive overview of the industrial spatial development of Israel from the Ottoman era to the present day, the authors analyze the effect of government policy on corporate geography, high-technology industries, entrepreneurship, and rural industrial development. The spatial development of Israeli industry is set within the broader context of the Arab-Israeli conflict and the Middle East as a whole. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Technology & Engineering | Agriculture - General - Business & Economics | Industries - General - Science | Earth Sciences - Geography |
| Dewey: 338.604 |
| LCCN: 92037810 |
| Physical Information: 0.75" H x 5.51" W x 8.5" (1.09 lbs) 272 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |