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Community life as a motive for migration from the urban center to the rural periphery in Israel
Author(s) -
Ar Sara,
Shamai Shmuel
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of community psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.585
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 1520-6629
pISSN - 0090-4392
DOI - 10.1002/jcop.20390
Subject(s) - urbanization , center (category theory) , lawn , geography , white (mutation) , socioeconomics , economic growth , sociology , political science , ecology , economics , biochemistry , chemistry , gene , biology , crystallography
A white house topped by a red roof, set in a garden, surrounded by a lawn dotted with trees and shrubs—this is not just a child's naive drawing. It is the aspiration of many in the modern world, Israelis among them. This case study deals with the inner migration of families, mainly from the urban center of Israel, to rural communities in its northern periphery. It is also an opportunity to examine counter‐urbanization characteristics and motivations, which contribute to our understanding of the role of community in this process. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.