Description
In the contemporary American city, it is shocking to learn that there are still vast areas and thousands of people without access to fresh foods. Food-deserts are geographic areas where access to affordable, healthy food options is limited or nonexistent because grocery stores are too far away, and are usually found in impoverished or urban areas such as Detroit, New Orleans, and South Chicago. Government agencies' definition of what precisely constitutes a food-desert stems from a complex combination of factors that further obscures them. In light of the outburst of health epidemics, we can no longer afford to continue not to see these deserts and their underserved populations. Food Deserts: Hungry Cities is out to provide methods of making healthier food options more accessible. It incorporates geographical analyses, census data, and civic projections to identify the optimal location for a solution to the food desert dilemma locally. It looks at Linda Vista's past, as well as current efforts, as a way to confront this challenge of infrastructure, as much as of legibility. Having been a student of USD for the past four years and considering USD's integral location in Linda Vista, Food Deserts: Hungry Cities takes these questions on as their first step towards serving the community.
Food Deserts: Hungry Cities
In the contemporary American city, it is shocking to learn that there are still vast areas and thousands of people without access to fresh foods. Food-deserts are geographic areas where access to affordable, healthy food options is limited or nonexistent because grocery stores are too far away, and are usually found in impoverished or urban areas such as Detroit, New Orleans, and South Chicago. Government agencies' definition of what precisely constitutes a food-desert stems from a complex combination of factors that further obscures them. In light of the outburst of health epidemics, we can no longer afford to continue not to see these deserts and their underserved populations. Food Deserts: Hungry Cities is out to provide methods of making healthier food options more accessible. It incorporates geographical analyses, census data, and civic projections to identify the optimal location for a solution to the food desert dilemma locally. It looks at Linda Vista's past, as well as current efforts, as a way to confront this challenge of infrastructure, as much as of legibility. Having been a student of USD for the past four years and considering USD's integral location in Linda Vista, Food Deserts: Hungry Cities takes these questions on as their first step towards serving the community.