Graduation Semester and Year
2020
Language
English
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of City and Regional Planning
Department
City and Regional Planning
First Advisor
Jianling Li
Abstract
Barriers to employment exist at different levels for minority groups, especially those that are residentially segregated. Many studies have examined these barriers, including a physical separation between the residential location and the available job opportunities since John Kain’s 1968 Spatial Mismatch Hypothesis. However, recent studies of modal mismatch, racial mismatch, and skill or language mismatch, have been identified with significant impact on accessible employment without being included in a comprehensive review of mismatch literature. This research provides an updated literature review of Spatial Mismatch. It also includes a case study of a little-studied region, Dallas – Fort Worth metropolitan area. The case study found that spatial accessibility is not significant to unemployment rates for the DFW area, however, they are significant when reviewing Dallas county alone, implying a sensitivity directly to the chosen area of study. Where Spatial Mismatch may be unfounded for a larger area, inequities of access may exist for smaller divisions of area and in need of intervening policies or programs.
Keywords
Spatial mismatch, Inequity, Employment accessibility, Job access, Urban planning
Disciplines
Architecture | Urban, Community and Regional Planning
License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Recommended Citation
Reeves, Steven Matthew, "BUILDING ON SPATIAL MISMATCH: A NEW REVIEW OF LITERATURE AND AN EXAMPLE CASE STUDY" (2020). Planning Theses. 38.
https://mavmatrix.uta.edu/planning_theses/38
Comments
Degree granted by The University of Texas at Arlington