Can community gardens and farmers' markets relieve food desert problems? A study of Edmonton, Canada

Applied Geography

Volumn 55, Issue , 2014, Pages 127-137

  Wang, Haoluan ^a   Qiu, Feng ^a   Swallow, Brent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Community garden; Farmers' market; Food desert; Supermarket location

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; FOOD MARKET; GARDEN; NEIGHBORHOOD; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

ALBERTA; CANADA; EDMONTON;

EID: 84907616038     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2014.09.010     Document Type: Article

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