Deconcentration in a context of population growth and ideological change: The Tel-Aviv and Beer-Sheva metropolitan areas

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Abstract

Employment deconcentration in Israel’s Tel Aviv and Beer Sheva metropolitan areas is assessed in the context of rapid demographic growth, land scarcity, an ideological shift from welfare state to neoliberal values, and an erosion of policies to protect agricultural land. The study reveals rapid employment deconcentration, including retail and increasingly office activities, in the economically-prominent Tel Aviv metropolis. Deconcentration has been much weaker in Beer Sheva, where the major issue is to promote economic growth. The Israeli case is far from a laissez-faire regime, but parallels can be drawn between the transformations in Israeli and post-Communist European metropolitan areas.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationGeoJournal Library
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media B.V.
Pages179-207
Number of pages29
DOIs
StatePublished - 2007

Publication series

NameGeoJournal Library
Volume91
ISSN (Print)0924-5499
ISSN (Electronic)2215-0072

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© 2007, Springer.

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 1 - No Poverty
    SDG 1 No Poverty
  2. SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth
    SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth

Keywords

  • Beer Sheva
  • Employment deconcentration
  • Tel Aviv
  • sprawl

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