Measuring Space–Time Access to Food Retailers: A Case of Temporal Access Disparity in Franklin County, Ohio

Professional Geographer

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 175-188

  Chen, Xiang ^a   Clark, Jill ^b  

^a ARKANSAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

food access; food deserts; socioeconomic status; space time; visualization

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; FOOD; NEIGHBORHOOD; RETAILING; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VISUALIZATION;

COLUMBUS [OHIO]; FRANKLIN COUNTY [OHIO]; OHIO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84959194353     PISSN: 00330124     EISSN: 14679272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00330124.2015.1032876     Document Type: Article

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