Temporal variability in transit-based accessibility to supermarkets

Applied Geography

Volumn 53, Issue , 2014, Pages 149-159

  Farber, Steven ^a   Morang, Melinda Z ^b   Widener, Michael J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b ESRI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic accessibility; Food deserts; Public transit

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; GIS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DATA; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TRAVEL DEMAND; TRAVEL TIME;

CINCINNATI; KENTUCKY; OHIO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84903770624     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2014.06.012     Document Type: Article

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