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来源

CITIES,Vol.79,P.141-150

语言

英文

关键字

NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTERISTICS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS RISK; SPATIAL DEPENDENCE; HEALTHY FOODS; UNITED-STATES; INCOME; URBAN; COMMUNITIES; ENVIRONMENT; DIETARY

作者单位

[Li, Chuo] Mississippi State Univ, Dept Landscape Architecture, Mississippi State, MS 39762 USA. [Ghiasi, Amir; Li, Xiaopeng] Univ S Florida, Dept Civil & Environm Engn, Tampa, FL 33620 USA. [Chi, Guangqing] Penn State Univ, Dept Agr Econ Sociol & Educ, University Pk, PA 16802 USA. Li, C (reprint author), Mississippi State Univ, Dept Landscape Architecture, Mississippi State, MS 39762 USA. E-Mail: cl1004@msstate.edu

摘要

This study examined the association between physical accessibility to organic and local food, and sociodemographic factors in New Orleans, Louisiana. Spatial regression models were used to investigate how sociodemographic variables such as income, race/ethnicity, education, and age correlate with driving, bicycling, and walking distances to stores that sell organic or local food. The distances were calculated from GIS and real-time speed information from Google Maps. The results indicated that physical access to such stores is positively associated with population density, median housing value, education, non-Hispanic Blacks, and Hispanics, and is negatively associated with median housing age. We found no disparities in access to organic and local food on the basis of income and race.