Community development and the influence of new food retail sources on the price and availability of nutritious food

Journal of Urban Affairs

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 471-491

  Sadler, Richard C ^a   Gilliland, Jason A ^a   Arku, Godwin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD MARKET; NUTRITION; PRICE DETERMINATION; RETAILING;

FLINT; MICHIGAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84892680082     PISSN: 07352166     EISSN: 14679906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9906.2012.00624.x     Document Type: Article

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