Understanding and solving american urban problems: Geographical contributions?

R. J. Johnston

doi:10.1111/j.0033-0124.1986.00229.x

Understanding and solving american urban problems: Geographical contributions?

R. J. Johnston^*

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The genesis of most urban problems can only be understood in the context of the capitalist global economy in which the geography of development is necessarily countered by a geography of underdevelopment, at all spatial scales. Realization of this fundamental point implies that urban problems can never be solved within a capitalist context, only spatially rearranged. Geographers concerned with inequalities are therefore faced with a dilemma: either they work to redistribute welfare and illfare in the world or they work for the unmasking and replacement of capitalism.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	229-233
Number of pages	5
Journal	Professional Geographer
Volume	38
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0033-0124.1986.00229.x
Publication status	Published - 1986

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America
Inequalities
Urban problems

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