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. 2018 Sep:79:141-150.
doi: 10.1016/j.cities.2018.03.003. Epub 2018 Mar 9.

Sociodemographics and access to organic and local food: A case study of New Orleans, Louisiana

Chuo Li  1 , Amir Ghiasi  2 , Xiaopeng Li  2 , Guangqing Chi  3
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Sociodemographics and access to organic and local food: A case study of New Orleans, Louisiana

Chuo Li et al. Cities. 2018 Sep.

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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Census tracts and organic and local food stores in the New Orleans metropolitan area: census tracts are colored according to their driving distance to the organic and local food stores
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Census tracts and organic and local food stores in the New Orleans metropolitan area: census tracts are colored according to their bicycling distance to the organic and local food stores
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Fig. 3.
Census tracts and organic and local food stores in the New Orleans metropolitan area: census tracts are colored according to their walking distance to the organic and local food stores
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