Measuring the role of transportation in facilitating welfare-to-work transition - Evidence from three California counties

被引：30
作者：
Blumenberg, E
Hess, DB
机构：
[1] Univ Calif Los Angeles, Sch Publ Policy & Social Res, Dept Urban Planning, Los Angeles, CA 90095 USA
[2] SUNY Buffalo, Sch Architecture & Planning, Dept Urban & Reg Planning, Buffalo, NY 14214 USA
来源：
SUSTAINABILITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS IN TRANSPORTATION 2003: ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT | 2003年 / 1859期
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D O I：
10.3141/1859-12
中图分类号：
TU [建筑科学];
学科分类号：
0813 ;
摘要：
Welfare-to-Work transportation programs are premised on a conceptualization of the spatial mismatch hypothesis that focuses on the physical separation between the central city locations of welfare participants, rapidly expanding job opportunities in the suburbs, and the long commutes needed to connect them. Using data from three diverse California counties, welfare recipients' spatial access to employment was examined. The results indicate that the traditional notion of the spatial mismatch is less relevant to welfare recipients, many of whom live in counties in which the urban structure does not fit the simple model of poor, central-city neighborhoods and distant, job-rich suburbs. Many welfare recipients live in job-rich areas; others live in neighborhoods that are spatially isolated from employment. Therefore, to be effective, transportation policies must be tailored to the diverse characteristics of the neighborhoods in which welfare recipients live.
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页码：93 / 101
页数：9
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