Relative accessibility deprivation indicators for urban settings: Definitions and application to food deserts in montreal

Urban Studies

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1415-1438

  Páez, Antonio ^a   Mercado, Ruben Gertes ^a   Farber, Steven ^a   Morency, Catherine ^b   Roorda, Matthew ^c  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; LOW INCOME POPULATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; OWNERSHIP; SOCIAL EXCLUSION;

CANADA; MONTREAL; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 70449725753     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098009353626     Document Type: Article

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