Served or unserved? A site suitability analysis of social services in Atlanta, Georgia using Geographic Information Systems

Applied Geography

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 96-106

  Case, Cheryl ^a   Hawthorne, Timothy L ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accessibility; Georgia; PPGIS; Site suitability analysis; Social services

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; ACTION RESEARCH; GIS; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; LOW INCOME POPULATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC TRANSPORT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; URBAN AREA;

ATLANTA; GEORGIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84871783989     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2012.11.012     Document Type: Article

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