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RAIL TRANSPORTATION AND CORE-PERIPHERY RELIANCE IN ISRAEL
RAIL TRANSPORTATION AND CORE-PERIPHERY RELIANCE IN ISRAEL

Author(s): Orit Rotem-Mindali, Dor Gefen
Subject(s): Policy, planning, forecast and speculation, Rural and urban sociology, Economic development, Environmental interactions
Published by: Editura Universitară
Keywords: rail; policy; periphery; development; commuting; accessibility;

Summary/Abstract: Many policy makers suggest that rail is the solution for the development of the periphery, often conceived as a space suffering from under-development and lack of accessibility to the core. However, this policy, promoted around the world, does not consider core-periphery reliance as one of the rail investments' impacts. This study will examine the question: to what extent does the peripheral city, connected to the rail service, has a larger reliance on the core city? This study is a cross-sectional study that focuses on the passenger rail of an existing line to the periphery and of a planned line. The research reveals that rail does not necessarily induce the local development of the periphery but it induces larger reliance on the core.

  • Issue Year: 6/2014
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 113-127
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: English
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