Poor neighbourhoods and the changing geography of food retailing in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, 1984-2004

Canadian Journal of Urban Research

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 78-106

  Peters, Evelyn J ^a   McCreary, Tyler A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Food retailing; Inner city poverty

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; FOOD; INNER CITY AREA; MARGINALIZATION; NEIGHBORHOOD; POVERTY; RETAILING;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; SASKATCHEWAN; SASKATOON;

EID: 58149121145     PISSN: 11883774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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