Rural food accessibility: An analysis of travel impedance and the risk of potential grocery closures |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Civil Engineering, University of Toronto, 35 St George Street, Toronto, ON, M5S1A4, Canada;2. Transportation Consultant at Arup, 2 Bloor St E, Toronto, ON, M4W 1A8, Canada;1. Department of Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA;2. The Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development, University Park, PA 16802, USA;3. Economic Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC 20250, USA;4. Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, 10 Kent Ridge Crescent, Singapore 119260, Singapore;1. State Key Laboratory of Information Engineering in Surveying, Mapping and Remote Sensing, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430079, China;2. Collaborative Innovation Center of Geospatial Technology, Wuhan, China;3. Department of Geography, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon, Hong Kong;4. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong;5. Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Spatial Smart Sensing and Services, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China |
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| Abstract: | This paper examines the potential spatial impact of grocery store closures and their impact on the food accessibility of the population of one rural county in Southern Illinois. Additionally, we offer public health officials a simple method for locating populations at particular risk of food inaccessibility in the event of a grocery store closure. A model is introduced for weighting different types of food outlets based on the types of food products offered to potential customers. By using a weighted system for measuring different types of food outlets, individual addresses, and a novel method of visualizing food access, we find an improved means of locating areas of risk in a fluid food-access landscape. |
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| Keywords: | Food Access GIS Rural |
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