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LOW INCOME HOUSING, EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES, AND PERCEPTIONS OF THE URBAN POOR
Author(s) -
MENSAH JOSEPH
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
tijdschrift voor economische en sociale geografie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.766
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 1467-9663
pISSN - 0040-747X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9663.1995.tb01365.x
Subject(s) - unemployment , poverty , spatial mismatch , demographic economics , perception , space (punctuation) , variable (mathematics) , low income , urban poverty , face (sociological concept) , economic growth , labour economics , economics , socioeconomics , sociology , psychology , mathematical analysis , linguistics , philosophy , mathematics , neuroscience , social science
Complex socio‐economic and spatial relations combine uniquely in different locations within the city to create variable employment prospects for the poor. Drawing on a survey conducted among low income housing residents of Edmonton, this article investigates the spatial variations in employment‐related problems faced by the urban poor, and explores their views on the causes of poverty and unemployment. The study found that low income residents of the inner city face more severe employment hurdles than their counterparts in the suburbs. Evidently, space is an important variable in explaining the employment circumstances of the urban poor.