Food retail and access after the crash: Rethinking the food desert problem

Journal of Economic Geography

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 231-237

  Donaldy, Betsy ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Access; Food; Food desert; Policy; Retail; Usa

Indexed keywords

FOOD MARKET; FOOD POLICY; FOOD QUALITY; RETAILING;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84874188015     PISSN: 14682702     EISSN: 14682710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jeg/lbs064     Document Type: Article

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