Beyond the Inner City: New Form of Spatial Mismatch

In this study the job accessibility of low-income job seekers was compared with that of the affluent majority in a polycentric urban structure. Kain’s spatial mismatch hypothesis was extended not only to examine where and why low-income job seekers have lower job accessibility than high-income job seekers but also to compare changes from 1990 to 2000 in the Los Angeles, California, metropolitan area. The job accessibility measure applied in this research captured travel impedance and both job supply and demand. The results suggested that spatial mismatch still existed and that it continued to increase over time. However, the spatial pattern of mismatch had changed. Low-income job seekers were more disadvantaged in the inner-ring suburbs, mainly because of the lag in the residential suburbanization of low-income job seekers. This research contributed to the understanding of the extent and consequences of urban spatial transformation and suggested that social equity problems be addressed from a broader spatial perspective.

• Record URL:
  https://doi.org/10.3141/2242-12
• Summary URL:
  http://scholar.google.com/scholar_lookup?title=Beyond+the+Inner+City%3a+New+Form+of+Spatial+Mismatch&author=L.+Hu&author=G.+Giuliano&publication_year=2011
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• Authors:
  • Hu, Lingqian
  • Giuliano, Genevieve
• Publication Date: 2011

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; Maps; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 98-105
• Monograph Title: Sustainability and Livability; Economic, Environmental, and Societal Impacts
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board
  • Issue Number: 2242
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Accessibility; Employment; Equity; Low income groups; Spatial analysis; Suburbs
• Uncontrolled Terms: Job access; Polycentric urban areas; Spatial mismatch
• Geographic Terms: Los Angeles Metropolitan Area
• Subject Areas: Highways; Public Transportation; Society; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01337655
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 9780309167628
• Report/Paper Numbers: 11-3067
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Apr 25 2011 7:04AM