Rural food accessibility: An analysis of travel impedance and the risk of potential grocery closures

Applied Geography

Volumn 53, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-10

  Yeager, Charles D ^a   Gatrell, Jay D ^b  

^a MISSOURI SOUTHERN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BELLARMINE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Access; Food; GIS; Rural

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD MARKET; GIS; RURAL AREA; SATELLITE DATA; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR; TRAVEL DEMAND;

ILLINOIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84904645935     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2014.05.018     Document Type: Article

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