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Occupation and Job Location Patterns: an Analysis of the Toronto Census Metropolitan Area
Author(s) -
Gera Surendra,
Kuhn Peter
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
canadian geographer / le géographe canadien
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.35
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1541-0064
pISSN - 0008-3658
DOI - 10.1111/j.1541-0064.1979.tb00662.x
Subject(s) - metropolitan area , census , blue collar , geography , homogeneous , demographic economics , decentralization , distribution (mathematics) , collar , regional science , demography , business , sociology , population , political science , economics , mathematical analysis , mathematics , archaeology , finance , law , physics , thermodynamics
SUMMARY The main findings of this analysis of the job location patterns by occupational groups in the Toronto CMA are as follows:1 The geographical distribution ofjobs of the different occupational groups varied considerably in the Toronto CMA, the principal pattern being relative centralization of white‐collar jobs and relative decentralization of blue‐collar jobs. Skilled clerical‐sales‐services workers faced the greatest degree ofjob concentration in the cbd. 2 The jobs of similar occupational groups by collar type were located near one another, so that relatively homogeneous work areas were created. These conclusions, of course, apply specifically to the Toronto CMA in 197 1. But, although the urban structure of the Toronto CMA will have changed to some extent since 1971, the process of structural change is a fairly slow one, even in rapidly growing metropolitan areas. We suggest, therefore, that our findings should be relevant to the Toronto CMA of today.