Atlas of Israel: Cartography, Physical Geography, Human and Economic Geography, History
Israel · · 1970
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This paper surveys and critically reviews the major atlases published in Israel during the decade 1980–1989. It identifies key cartographic works encompassing national, regional, urban, and historical themes. The third edition of the Atlas of Israel (1985) stands out as a comprehensive national atlas, updating physical and human geography with data from the 1983 census, featuring bilingual Hebrew-English content, and contributions from some sixty experts. Notable regional atlases include the Atlas of Haifa and Mount Carmel (1980), which examines the urban geography of Israel's third-largest conurbation and its physical setting, with particular emphasis on land use and dual central business districts, and the Atlas of the Negev (1986), which analyses settlement patterns and resource development in the semi-arid southern district. The review also highlights a proliferation of historical atlases dedicated to Jerusalem, from collections of antique maps to archaeological surveys of the city’s spatial evolution. Additional general and educational atlases, as well as serial cartographic papers, demonstrate the breadth of Israeli cartographic output during this period. The paper concludes that the 1980s represented a productive era for atlas publishing in Israel, marked by advanced thematic mapping, bilingual presentation, and a strong interdisciplinary integration of geography, history, and planning.
Reviews: Atlas of Israel: Cartography, Physical Geography, Human and Economic Geography, History
Bentwich, N. · 1971
This review examines the English edition of the comprehensive Atlas of Israel, originally published in Hebrew a decade earlier. The paper evaluates the atlas’s scope, cartographic quality, and content organization. It highlights the atlas’s detailed treatment of the land’s physical geography—including geology, climate, hydrology, and land use—and human geography, covering population, settlement, agriculture, industry, and culture. Special attention is given to the atlas’s innovative use of color and symbol variation to depict dynamic processes such as agricultural development and the settlement patterns of both Jews and Arabs. The review commends the work as immensely informative and splendidly produced. However, it identifies significant omissions: the absence of any map for the British Mandate period (1918–1948) and the lack of a pre‑1967 border depiction with Syria, despite the political relevance of the demilitarized zones. Additionally, the inclusion of transient subjects like tourism and trivial cultural indicators (cinemas, swimming pools) is questioned for an academic atlas. The review concludes that while the atlas represents a remarkable scholarly achievement, its selective historical coverage and some superfluous content detract from its objective completeness.
Anmeldelser: Atlas of Israel
Niels Nielsen · 1970
This is an academic review of the Atlas of Israel, published in 1970 by the Survey of Israel and Elsevier. The atlas contains some 550 maps and extensive texts covering physical geography, population, economy, and history. The review highlights its treatment of freshwater resources, climate, and the impact of Jewish immigration on land use and regional restructuring, concluding that the atlas serves as an essential reference for understanding Israel’s development and contemporary conflicts.
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