Document Type
Article
Publication Date
9-2018
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2018.03.003
Abstract
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.
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Was this content written or created while at USF?
Yes
Citation / Publisher Attribution
Cities, v. 79, p. 141-150
This article is the post-print author version. Final version available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2018.03.003
Scholar Commons Citation
Li, Chuo; Ghiasi, Amir; Li, Xiaopeng; and Chi, Guangqing, "Sociodemographics and Access to Organic and Local Food: A Case Study of New Orleans, Louisiana" (2018). Civil and Environmental Engineering Faculty Publications. 60.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/egx_facpub/60
