The spatial pattern of Arab industrial markets in Israel

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 312-337

  Schnell, Izhak ^a   Benenson, Itzhak ^a   Sofer, Michael ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Arab industry; Ethnic markets; Ethnicity; Network decomposition; Participation in markets; Peripherality; Plants; Sales linkages

Indexed keywords

ETHNICITY; INDUSTRIAL LINKAGE; MARKET CONDITIONS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

ISRAEL;

EID: 0032816020     PISSN: 00045608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8306.00147     Document Type: Article

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