Spatial Reach of Office Firms: Case Study in the Metropolitan CBD of Tel Aviv, Israel

Author: Kipnis B.A.

Source: Geografiska Annaler: Series B, Human Geography, Volume 80, Number 1, April 1998 , pp. 17-28(12)

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Abstract:

This paper, using the CBD of metropolitan Tel Aviv, Israel, as a case study, discloses the spatial range of linkages of office firms, situated in newly built office towers. The linkages explored, from the results of a sample of 120 office firms, are those held by office firms with clients, suppliers of goods and services, and with other service firms as partners or as subcontractors. The magnitude of the linkages is revealed in the context of Israel's recent entry into the post-industrial age and its rapid affiliation with the global economy, accompanied by functional restructuring of the service economy. It is also visible in the built environment of Tel Aviv, with large-scale construction of over thirty Class A office tower buildings. Complex spatial interrelationships are found, extending from their immediate metropolitan environment toward the world's leading economic centres. Future avenues of research are explored.

Keywords: Post-industrial; global economy; linkages; range of good; agglomeration; services economy

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.0435-3684.1998.00025.x

Affiliations: 1: University of Haifa

Publication date: 1998-04-01