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Spatial inequality and its relationship with local food environments: The case of Barcelona

Title of the magazine or publication: 
Applied Geography

Volume: 
115

Authors:

  • Xavier Garcia Acosta (Institut Metròpoli)
  • Marta García-Sierra (Institut Metròpoli)
  • Elena Domene Gómez (Institut Metròpoli)

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Publication date:
2020

Resume:

The main objective of this study is to explore the characteristics of local food environments in the city of Barcelona (Catalonia, Spain), and to analyse the existence of sociodemographic inequalities in the access to food stores with or without supply of organic products. Based on an official database of commercial premises and on additional information, 7983 food stores have been identified and classified, 471 (5.9%) of which supply organic food. Spearman’s Rho correlation and Local Indicator of Spatial Association (LISA) analyses are applied to investigate the global and local relationships between food access and two sociodemographic variables, namely Household Income Index and percentage of non-Spanish inhabitants. 

DOI:
10.1016/j.apgeog.2019.102140

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How to cite this publication?

Garcia Acosta, X. [Xavier]; García-Sierra, M. [Marta]; Domene Gómez, E. [Elena]. (2020). Spatial inequality and its relationship with local food environments: The case of Barcelona. Applied Geography, 115, .https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeog.2019.102140
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