A Network Analysis of Food Flows within the United States of America

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 5439-5447

  Lin, Xiaowen ^a   Dang, Qian ^a   Konar, Megan ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERNATIONAL TRADE; NETWORK ARCHITECTURE; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

BETWEENNESS CENTRALITY; CLUSTERING COEFFICIENT; NETWORK VULNERABILITY; NODE BETWEENNESS CENTRALITY; NODE DEGREE DISTRIBUTION; NOVEL APPLICATIONS; POWER LAW RELATIONSHIP; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA;

NETWORK SECURITY;

FOOD AVAILABILITY; GLOBALIZATION; NETWORK ANALYSIS; TRADE; VULNERABILITY; WEIBULL THEORY;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD FLOW; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD SECURITY; HUMAN; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL NETWORK; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMERCE; FOOD; FOOD SUPPLY; INTERNATIONALITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84901049693     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es500471d     Document Type: Article

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