The role of socio-economic status and spatial effects on fresh food access: Two case studies in Canada

Applied Geography

Volumn 67, Issue , 2016, Pages 27-38

  Wang, Haoluan ^a   Tao, Ling ^a   Qiu, Feng ^a   Lu, Wei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Food desert; Fresh food access; Socio economic status; Spatial effect; Transportation mode

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; AGGLOMERATION; FOOD MARKET; NEIGHBORHOOD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETAILING; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TRANSPORTATION MODE;

CANADA; REGINA; SASKATCHEWAN; SASKATOON;

EID: 84949754230     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2015.12.002     Document Type: Article

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