A spatial statistical approach to identifying areas with poor access to grocery foods in the City of Buffalo, New York

Urban Studies

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1299-1315

  Lee, Gyoungju ^a   Lim, Hyunwoo ^b  

^a Korea Research Institute for Human Settlement   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; FOOD SUPPLY; INNER CITY AREA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRATEGIC APPROACH; URBAN PLANNING;

BUFFALO; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 65549139724     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098009104567     Document Type: Article

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