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Title: Transit Access to Subsidized Food Stores in the American Midwes
Citation Type: Dissertation/Thesis
Publication Year: 2019
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Abstract: In the United States, low-income and racial minority populations have higher rates of diet-related disease, food insecurity, and transit use. SNAP, which provides low-income households with money for groceries at authorized retailers, creates an altered food procurement environment. How transit networks affect access to SNAP retailers is assessed by calculating transit travel times to all transitable SNAP stores of neighborhoods in 33 MPOs in the American Midwest. Low-income, Black, Hispanic, and public assistance populations, which are disproportionately affected by food insecurity, living in neighborhoods with low transit access scores are then identified. These neighborhoods are compared to USDA low-income, low-access neighborhoods. Results indicate low transit access is experienced in fringe-urban, majority white, car-dependent neighborhoods. However, 117,460 Black people, 121,589 Hispanic people, and 89,185 lowincome people live within these neighborhoods. Future research and policy should target suburban and exurban regions to accommodate a non-negligible portion of potentially food insecure populations.
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Authors: DeJohn, Amber, D
Institution: University of Toronto
Department: Geography & Planning
Advisor: Michael Widener
Degree: MA
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Pages: 180
Data Collections: IPUMS NHGIS
Topics: Other, Population Mobility and Spatial Demography, Poverty and Welfare, Race and Ethnicity
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