Food deserts: Governing obesity in the neoliberal city

Progress in Human Geography

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 248-266

  Shannon, Jerry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

critical GIS; food deserts; food studies; governmentality; health geography; neoliberalism; urban studies

Indexed keywords

FOOD INTAKE; GIS; HEALTH GEOGRAPHY; LOW INCOME POPULATION; NEIGHBORHOOD; NEOLIBERALISM; OBESITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; URBAN SOCIETY;

EID: 84896030346     PISSN: 03091325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0309132513484378     Document Type: Article

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