You've raised a good point, especially about where the Clakkerz and Outlaws fit in to the industrialization theme. I can only speculate, but I think that if we were forced to place them in the three existing categories they would have to be considered industrial.
The Clakkerz and outlaws don't have the know-how to truly despoil the land, but they are a kind of "First wave". They're settlers, and they move in and push native hunters and gatherers aside to make way for themselves. Over time their cities build up and their desire for progress (which the Clakkerz fixing the farm are so pleased about) leads to increased urbanization. I'm not sure if the Clakkerz are the frontiersman of Oddworld and are always pushing the margins of the industrial world, or if they would settle down in a true city to make a living.
The Outlaws may have bad ethical practices, but they aren't doing anything that Sekto didn't do to make the dam. They saw something that could make money and they took it. The only difference is that the Clakkerz are "civilized" and that means they owned what the outlaws took. The Grubbz didn't own the river, so its perfectly legal for Sekto to take it. Therefore his actions to exterminate Steef and kill trespassing Grubbz is backed by law: he's just protecting what's his. If the outlaws could hold on long enough, or kill whoever was griping, I imagine they would become like the mob. Meaning they might eventually be considered "businessmen" instead of outlaws.
But to sum up the post quickly: I think Clakkerz are a subset of industrialism we would call Consumers--but they aren't the khanzumer species; Outlaws are dyed-in-the-wool industrialists, only they don't concern themselves with who owns what.
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