Finding food: Issues and challenges in using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to measure food access
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Food; GIS; Access;All these keywords.
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- R40 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Transportation Economics - - - General
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