scholarly journals Mapping of Grocery Stores in Slovak Countryside in Context of Food Deserts

2015 ◽  
Vol 63 (5) ◽  
pp. 1633-1638 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristína Bilková ◽  
František Križan
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Food Deserts ◽  
Grocery Stores ◽  
Food Retailing ◽  
Time Period ◽  
Potential Food

The paper is focused on mapping grocery stores in the Slovak countryside with an emphasis on identifying potential food deserts in rural areas. Grocery stores are analyzed in the time period 2001–2011. Food deserts in rural areas are identified by two accessibility measures. The results show the development of food retailing in the Slovak countryside and in potentially threatened localities which can be defined as food deserts.

Großhandelskooperationen für den kleinflächigen Einzelhandel in ländlichen Räumen am Beispiel Mittelhessen

2013 ◽  
Vol 57 (1-2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anika Trebbin ◽  
Martin Franz ◽  
Markus Hassler
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Food Deserts ◽  
Food Retailing ◽  
Rural Regions ◽  
Dynamic Changes ◽  
Study Region ◽  
New System

Wholesale cooperations for small supermarkets in rural areas - the example of Central Hesse, Germany. Food retailing in the rural regions of Germany is undergoing dynamic changes. The growth of average sales area and the consolidation of shops result in an increase of those areas where supermarkets can only be reached through long car drives. Here, food deserts might be developing. However, a new system of collaboration between regional wholesale companies and the big German retail cooperatives Edeka and Rewe prevents the development of such areas of undersupply and opens new perspectives for the small supermarkets in the case study region of Central Hesse.

Determine the Food Access among Low-Income Households in Rural Area, Kedah, Malaysia

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 212-222
Author(s):  
Ahmad Zubir Ibrahim
Keyword(s):  
Rural Area ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Food Access ◽  
Food Deserts ◽  
Income Group ◽  
Grocery Stores ◽  
Geographical Factors ◽  
Low Income Households

Objective - This study aims to determine the low-income group in rural areas to food access. This study also determines the main source of choice for this group to get food. Methodology - This study was conducted in Baling, Sik, and Padang Terap districts in Kedah. There is 200 respondent involved in this study. Findings - The results showed that 97.87% of low-income households in Baling, 82.36% in Sik, and 71.43% in Padang Terap had low food access status and were prone to food deserts areas. Low -income households in the area prefer grocery stores for food access over supermarkets. A large number of low-income households access food at the supermarket once a month causing geographical factors. Novelty - In conclusion, policymakers need to determine the measurement and assessment of food deserts in rural areas in Malaysia. Kedai Rakyat 1 Malaysia (KR1M) and the KedaiRuncit Transformation Program (TUKAR) can be re-implemented with the improvement of their implementation structure to improve food access in rural areas. Type of Paper - Empirical. Keywords: Food Access; Low-Income Households; Food Deserts; Rural Area; Kedah

scholarly journals Qualitative perspectives of the North Carolina healthy food small retailer program among customers in participating stores located in food deserts

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lindsey Haynes-Maslow ◽  
Stephanie B. Jilcott Pitts ◽  
Kathryn A. Boys ◽  
Jared T. McGuirt ◽  
Sheila Fleischhacker ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Food Access ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Food Deserts ◽  
State Legislature ◽  
Healthy Food ◽  
The State ◽  
The North

Abstract Background The North Carolina Healthy Food Small Retailer Program (NC HFSRP) was established through a policy passed by the state legislature to provide funding for small food retailers located in food deserts with the goal of increasing access to and sales of healthy foods and beverages among local residents. The purpose of this study was to qualitatively examine perceptions of the NC HFSRP among store customers. Methods Qualitative interviews were conducted with 29 customers from five NC HFSRP stores in food deserts across eastern NC. Interview questions were related to shoppers’ food and beverage purchases at NC HFSRP stores, whether they had noticed any in-store efforts to promote healthier foods and beverages, their suggestions for promoting healthier foods and beverages, their familiarity with and support of the NC HFSRP, and how their shopping and consumption habits had changed since implementation of the NC HFSRP. A codebook was developed based on deductive (from the interview guide questions) and inductive (emerged from the data) codes and operational definitions. Verbatim transcripts were double-coded and a thematic analysis was conducted based on code frequency, and depth of participant responses for each code. Results Although very few participants were aware of the NC HFSRP legislation, they recognized changes within the store. Customers noted that the provision of healthier foods and beverages in the store had encouraged them to make healthier purchase and consumption choices. When a description of the NC HFSRP was provided to them, all participants were supportive of the state-funded program. Participants discussed program benefits including improving food access in low-income and/or rural areas and making healthy choices easier for youth and for those most at risk of diet-related chronic diseases. Conclusions Findings can inform future healthy corner store initiatives in terms of framing a rationale for funding or policies by focusing on increased food access among vulnerable populations.

scholarly journals Spreading of Food Deserts in Time and Space: The Case of the City of Nitra (Slovakia)

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (13) ◽  
pp. 7138
Author(s):  
Miroslava Trembošová ◽  
Imrich Jakab
Keyword(s):  
Planning Process ◽  
Local Politics ◽  
Food Deserts ◽  
Business Community ◽  
Food Desert ◽  
Hierarchical Level ◽  
Grocery Stores ◽  
Territorial Development ◽  
Time Availability ◽  
The City

The aim of the article is to evaluate the time availability of food stores for the population permanently residing in the city of Nitra (Slovakia). Parts of the city where poor accessibility has been identified can be described as “food deserts”. In the last two decades, there have been dramatic changes in the retail network in Nitra, as well as extensive housing construction and an aging change in the demographic structure. Therefore, we evaluated the years 2008 and 2019 separately. This made it possible to evaluate the changes in time availability and the number of inhabitants located in individual zones. During the years 2008–2019, the residential zones of the city of Nitra increased by 43.86%, the area of food desert increased by up to 68.78%, and the number of inhabitants endangered by the food desert increased by 1100 residents, i.e., 23.9%. In 2008, 5.51% of Nitra’s residents lived in the food deserts, in approximately twelve years this percentage increased to 7.45% of the population (2019). The proximity to the nearest grocery was in Nitra in 2008 median 504 m, while in 2019 median 623 m. Evaluating the time availability of grocery stores and identifying so-called “food deserts” can be interesting for both the city’s residents and the business community, especially for potential developers. It can also be used effectively in the spatial planning process and in the rational management of complex territorial development, as well as in local politics. Given the character of the city of Nitra, it can be assumed that the acquired knowledge can be extrapolated to other post-socialist cities of a similar size and hierarchical level.

scholarly journals The Extent of Heat on Health and Sustainable Farming in Ghana –Bawku East

2014 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 56 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frimpong Kwasi ◽  
Jacque Oosthuizen ◽  
Eddie Van Etten
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Health Effects ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
High Heat ◽  
Northern Ghana ◽  
Tropical Regions ◽  
Wet Bulb Globe Temperature ◽  
Time Period ◽  
Outdoor Work ◽  
Globe Temperature

<p>Little is known about the health effects of heat in outdoor work and appropriate work and rest schedules for farmers working in developing countries. As temperatures continue to increase in tropical regions, such as Northern Ghana, it is necessary to evaluate how farmers experience and respond to high heat exposures. In this study, WBGT (Wet Bulb Globe Temperature) estimates and the ISO work / rest standards were applied to a cohort of farmers in the rural areas of Bawku East, Northern Ghana, to assess how farmers respond to high heat and how much they rest to protect their health, as well as the level of heat on their productivity. WBGT data was recorded over a period of 6 months among vegetable, cereals, and legume farmers. The ISO proposed and actual rest regimes observed by farmers in the same time period were evaluated. In the dry season the dry bulb temperature rose as high as 45 ºC, while during the humid months of March and April WBGT rose to levels as high as 34 ºC. Farmers worked for nine hours a day during these hot periods with insufficient rest, which has adverse consequences on their health and productivity.</p>

Validation of a province-wide commercial food store dataset in a heterogeneous predominantly rural food environment

2020 ◽  
Vol 23 (11) ◽  
pp. 1889-1895
Author(s):  
Nathan GA Taylor ◽  
Jillian Stymest ◽  
Catherine L Mah
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Newfoundland And Labrador ◽  
Test Point ◽  
Grocery Stores ◽  
Positional Error ◽  
Ecological Data ◽  
Gas Stations ◽  
Data Points ◽  
The Government ◽  
Level Of Agreement

AbstractObjective:Commercially available business (CAB) datasets for food environments have been investigated for error in large urban contexts and some rural areas, but there is a relative dearth of literature that reports error across regions of variable rurality. The objective of the current study was to assess the validity of a CAB dataset using a government dataset at the provincial scale.Design:A ground-truthed dataset provided by the government of Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) was used to assess a popular commercial dataset. Concordance, sensitivity, positive-predictive value (PPV) and geocoding errors were calculated. Measures were stratified by store types and rurality to investigate any association between these variables and database accuracy.Setting:NL, Canada.Participants:The current analysis used store-level (ecological) data.Results:Of 1125 stores, there were 380 stores that existed in both datasets and were considered true-positive stores. The mean positional error between a ground-truthed and test point was 17·72 km. When compared with the provincial dataset of businesses, grocery stores had the greatest agreement, sensitivity = 0·64, PPV = 0·60 and concordance = 0·45. Gas stations had the least agreement, sensitivity = 0·26, PPV = 0·32 and concordance = 0·17. Only 4 % of commercial data points in rural areas matched every criterion examined.Conclusions:The commercial dataset exhibits a low level of agreement with the ground-truthed provincial data. Particularly retailers in rural areas or belonging to the gas station category suffered from misclassification and/or geocoding errors. Taken together, the commercial dataset is differentially representative of the ground-truthed reality based on store-type and rurality/urbanity.

scholarly journals Returns to Education in South Africa: Evidence from the National Income Dynamics Study

2019 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Craig Depken ◽  
Chanda Chiseni ◽  
Ernest Ita
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Returns To Education ◽  
National Income ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Income Dynamics ◽  
Educational Infrastructure ◽  
Time Period

Abstract We utilize two waves of the National Income Dynamics Study in South Africa to estimate the returns to education in 2010 and 2012. We find that during this time period the returns to education were approximately 18% per year of education and that the returns were higher for females relative to males and higher for those living in urban relative to rural areas. The policy implications include a suggestion to continue investment in educational infrastructure, especially in rural areas, so as to increase the returns to education in those areas.

Potential food deserts and food oases in a post-communist city: Access, quality, variability and price of food in Bratislava-Petržalka

2015 ◽  
Vol 62 ◽  
pp. 8-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
František Križan ◽  
Kristína Bilková ◽  
Pavol Kita ◽  
Marcel Horňák
Keyword(s):  
Food Deserts ◽  
Potential Food

scholarly journals Do we need protective plantations along railways (Lithuanian case study)?

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Remigijus ZALKAUSKAS ◽  
Edmundas BARTKEVICIUS ◽  
Edgaras LINKEVICIUS ◽  
Julius BACKAITIS ◽  
Ksistof GODVOD
Keyword(s):  
Traffic Safety ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Landscape Connectivity ◽  
Working Environment ◽  
Present Condition ◽  
Protection Zones ◽  
Railway Traffic ◽  
Time Period ◽  
The Status

Differently to other European countries Lithuania has inherited from Soviet time period quite width protection zones of state importance with wooden plantations along railways. Those protection zones vary from 20 m (in cities) up to 45 -70 m (in rural areas) in one side. The planted or spontaneous wooden plantations within those zones occupy over 2 thous. ha. The status of protective plantations serve for multifunctional purposes by ensuring railway traffic safety, mitigating negative impact of railway traffic, exhibiting Lithuanian landscape for travellers, improving landscape connectivity, living and working environment quality. At the same time there is a challenge for proper management of those plantations and profitability. In the middle of XX century planted pioneer species reach or is going to reach mature age. There is the threat of increasing number of dangerous trees, challenge for ensuring continuous cover of protective plantations, their services and structure match for predominating function. This study presents the challenges for future development and society preferences to services of protective lineside plantations along railways. The results of analysis of present condition of railway lineside vegetation, as well the results of social survey showed, what it is not enough just to manage the dangerous trees for railway safeness but it is essential complex means for protective plantations development, services succession.

Areawide Planning for Optimum Location of Hospital Facilities for Rural People

1972 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 89-95
Author(s):  
B. R. Eddleman
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Care Service ◽  
Health Care Service ◽  
Service Cost ◽  
Market Mechanisms ◽  
Rural People ◽  
Public Facilities ◽  
Long Run ◽  
Time Period

The agricultural economic literature is abundant with least-cost location studies of agricultural processing industries. Yet very little effort has been directed toward similar planning for public facilities in rural areas. The purpose of this paper is to present a conceptual model and its application to the planning of locations for additional multiple service hospital facilities in a predominantly rural area for 1980. The approach is based on the premise that areawide planning, as opposed to substantial reliance upon market mechanisms, is required to allocate health care resources among communities. In this approach it is assumed that all health care service cost functions are long run and that the time period of adjustment is such that fixed capital goods do not restrict adjustments in the service output of hospital facilities.

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