Spatial Mismatch
There are many issues that plague our cities today and one of these most prominent issues is spatial mismatch. First, let me define the phrase spatial mismatch. “It means that employers who are looking to hire unskilled or semi-skilled workers are far from potential employees in the city or inner-ring suburbs.”(Regionwise, pg. 4). However, there are plans and solutions that can help eliminate this situation. Individuals without efficient transportation are not able to obtain these out of reach job opportunities according to conflict theory. Conflict theory associates itself by “who has the power over resources” therefore, consequences that arise from this phenomenon are the desertion of downtown, which “diminishes our regional competitiveness, worsens traffic congestion, increases the costs of highways and other infrastructure, separates the rich and the poor – the have and have nots and abandons structures that could still be used” (Region Wise, pg. 18). Due to conflict theory, those individuals who come from low income families are considered to be insubordinate because of their position in society, which causes spatial mismatch. When jobs are returned to the city and closer to potential employees, it
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Approximate Word count = 1215
Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page double spaced)
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