Finding food: Issues and challenges in using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to measure food access
A significant amount of travel is to find food. This paper examines challenges in measuring access to food using GIS, of importance in studies of both travel and eating behavior. It compares different sources of data available including fieldwork, land use and parcel data, licensing information, com...
Main Authors: | Ann Forsyth, Leslie Lytle, David Van Riper |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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University of Minnesota
2010-05-01
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Series: | Journal of Transport and Land Use |
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Online Access: | https://www.jtlu.org/index.php/jtlu/article/view/105 |
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