Identification of Food Deserts in Bratislava City by Application of Accessibility Measures Cover Image

Identifikácia „potravinových púští“ na území mesta Bratislava aplikáciou mier dostupnosti
Identification of Food Deserts in Bratislava City by Application of Accessibility Measures

Author(s): František Križan, Ladislav Tolmáči, Viliam Lauko
Subject(s): Economy
Published by: Ekonomický ústav SAV a Prognostický ústav SAV
Keywords: food deserts; Bratislava; accessibility measure; supermarket and hypermarket; public transport

Summary/Abstract: The problem of food deserts became a study object of more fields in the last decennium. This paper concentrates on the identification possibilities of food deserts by the means of accessibility measures of supermarkets and hypermar-kets by the application of geographical information systems (GIS). The identifi-cation basis was presented by eight diverse accessibility measures analysed in the public transport network. Accessibility measures proved to be an appropriate analytical tool for food deserts identification. However, their selection must cor-respond to the specified targets considering the absence of a complex accessibil-ity measure.

  • Issue Year: 56/2008
  • Issue No: 10
  • Page Range: 959-972
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Slovak