Food systems, planning and quantifying access: Using GIS to plan for food retail

Applied Geography

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1216-1223

  Eckert, Jeanette ^a   Shetty, Sujata ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

Author keywords

GIS; Local food systems; Urban planning

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD QUALITY; GIS; MAPPING METHOD; NEIGHBORHOOD; PLANNING METHOD; RETAILING; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN POPULATION;

OHIO; TOLEDO [OHIO]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79957654060     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2011.01.011     Document Type: Article

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