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Fresh Food in LA: Mapping poverty and food sources in Los Angeles county

Fresh Food in LA: Mapping poverty and food sources in Los Angeles county. Jessica Kennedy UP 206A GIS Fall 2010. } Total Grocery Stores. The “most” food insecure population is spread throughout LA County

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Fresh Food in LA: Mapping poverty and food sources in Los Angeles county

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  1. Fresh Food in LA:Mapping poverty and food sources in Los Angeles county Jessica Kennedy UP 206A GIS Fall 2010

  2. } Total Grocery Stores

  3. The “most” food insecure population is spread throughout LA County Next step: Narrow results using poverty statistics to find most vulnerable population by census tracts

  4. 49 Census Tracts • Most within the city of Los Angeles • A few outliers

  5. Metadata and (one of many) Models

  6. Skills Used Distance – 7,8 Original Data – 2,5,6,7,8 Chart/ Image – 2,4,6 Hotspot Analysis – 8,9 Inset Map – 3,5,6,9,10,11 Aggregating – 4,10 Attribute sub-sets selections – 2,4,6 Geocoding – 2,5,6,7,8 Geoprocessing – All Index - 10 Metadata and Model - 13

  7. Sources • Azab. “New tool maps and grades ‘food deserts’ to lure supermarkets.” 2010. http://www.grist.org/article/food-2010-10-21-new-tool-maps-food-deserts-to-entice-supermarkets • California Food Policy Advocates. “Los Angeles County: A Profile of Poverty, Hunger & Food Assistance.” 2002 http://www.cfpa.net/countyprofile/LosAngeles.pdf • California Certified Farmers Markets. http://www.cafarmersmarkets.com/ • California Department of Health. http://www.cnngis.org/ (Data) • DiSogra, Yen, Flood & Ramirez. “Hunger In Los Angeles County Affects Over 200,000 Low-Income Adults, Another 560,000 At Risk” http://www.healthpolicy.ucla.edu/pubs/Publication.aspx?pubID=92#download • LA Community Garden Council. http://www.lagardencouncil.org/ (Data) • Market makeovers. http://www.marketmakeovers.org/why/market-makeover • US Census Data http://factfinder.census.gov/home/saff/main.html?_lang=en (Data) • Schwartz &Wilson “Who Can Afford To Live in a Home?” US Census Bureau, 2006. • Simply Maps. http://simplymap.com/main.php (Data)

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