Visualizing nutritional terrain: A geospatial analysis of pedestrian produce accessibility in Lansing, Michigan, USA

Geocarto International

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 485-499

  Goldsberry, Kirk ^a   Duvall, Chris S ^b   Howard, Philip H ^a   Stevens, Joshua E ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Accessibility; Food environments; Visualization

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; CARTOGRAPHY; FOOD; GIS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; VISUALIZATION;

MICHIGAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77957061874     PISSN: 10106049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10106049.2010.510583     Document Type: Article

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