Beyond food deserts: measuring and mapping racial disparities in neighborhood food environments Export

@article{citeulike:3579649, abstract = {Given the emerging focus on improving food environments and food systems through planning, this article investigates racial disparities in neighborhood food environments. An empirical case of Erie County, New York tests the hypothesis that people belonging to different racial groups have access to different neighborhood food destinations. Using multiple methods--Gini coefficients and Poisson regression--we show that contrary to studies elsewhere in the country there are no food deserts in Erie County. However, like other studies, we find an absence of supermarkets in neighborhoods of color when compared to white neighborhoods. Nonetheless, our study reveals an extensive network of small grocery stores in neighborhoods of color. Rather than soliciting supermarkets, supporting small, high-quality grocery stores may be a more efficient strategy for ensuring access to healthful foods in minority neighborhoods. 10.1177/0739456X08317461}, author = {Raja, Samina and Ma, Changxing and Yadav, Pavan}, citeulike-article-id = {3579649}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0739456X08317461}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://jpe.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/27/4/469}, doi = {10.1177/0739456X08317461}, journal = {Journal of Planning Education and Research}, keywords = {food-deserts, food-environment, gis, neighborhoods, obesity, race, racism, spatial}, month = {June}, number = {4}, pages = {469--482}, posted-at = {2009-05-29 20:27:32}, priority = {3}, title = {Beyond food deserts: measuring and mapping racial disparities in neighborhood food environments}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0739456X08317461}, volume = {27}, year = {2008} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:3579649 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3579649 N2 - Given the emerging focus on improving food environments and food systems through planning, this article investigates racial disparities in neighborhood food environments. An empirical case of Erie County, New York tests the hypothesis that people belonging to different racial groups have access to different neighborhood food destinations. Using multiple methods--Gini coefficients and Poisson regression--we show that contrary to studies elsewhere in the country there are no food deserts in Erie County. However, like other studies, we find an absence of supermarkets in neighborhoods of color when compared to white neighborhoods. Nonetheless, our study reveals an extensive network of small grocery stores in neighborhoods of color. Rather than soliciting supermarkets, supporting small, high-quality grocery stores may be a more efficient strategy for ensuring access to healthful foods in minority neighborhoods. 10.1177/0739456X08317461 IS - 4 JF - Journal of Planning Education and Research EP - 482 TI - Beyond food deserts: measuring and mapping racial disparities in neighborhood food environments VL - 27 SP - 469 KW - food-deserts KW - food-environment KW - gis KW - neighborhoods KW - obesity KW - race KW - racism KW - spatial AU - Raja, Samina AU - Ma, Changxing AU - Yadav, Pavan PY - 2008/06/01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0739456X08317461 ER -