title: The effect of housing construction on population migrations in Israel.
abstract: "Population migrations in Israel simultaneously move in two opposite directions: while the initial distribution of new immigrants is primarily focused on big cities of the country's central core, the existing population of these centres tends to move outward, to small settlements where housing is more readily available. The effect of housing construction on population migrations appears to be delayed and tends to become visible with the passage of time. The initial low attractiveness of urban settlements in peripheral districts of the country to the new immigrants is mainly caused by [the] small size of the population in the settlements and an inferior state of urban development rather than by a lack of new housing or the harsh climatic conditions of these areas."
mesh_terms: D001208:Asia; D001211:Asia, Western; D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D004467:Economics; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005843:Geography; D006798:Housing; D007557:Israel; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014171:Transients and Migrants; D014505:Urban Population; D014507:Urbanization
keywords: Asia; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Economic Development; Economic Factors; Geographic Factors; Housing; Immigrants; International Migration; Israel; Mediterranean Countries; Migrants; Migration; Migration, Internal; Population; Population Dynamics; Residence Characteristics; Spatial Distribution--determinants; Standard Of Living; Urban Spatial Distribution; Urbanization; Western Asia