Beyond the supermarket solution: Linking food deserts, neighborhood context, and everyday mobility

Annals of the American Association of Geographers

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 186-202

  Shannon, Jerry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Food access; Food deserts; Minneapolis; Mixed methods; Mobility

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; FOOD SUPPLY; MOBILITY; NEIGHBORHOOD;

MINNEAPOLIS; MINNESOTA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84946935110     PISSN: 24694452     EISSN: 24694460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00045608.2015.1095059     Document Type: Article

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