Database research record2021·United States (Indianapolis)
Strategic placement of urban agriculture: A spatial optimization approach
Bhuwan Thapa, Aniruddha Banerjee, Jeffrey Wilson, Samantha Hamlin
Urban Agriculture & Regional Food Systems
Urban Farm DB summary
The study developed a p-median spatial optimization model to identify new urban agriculture sites in Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, weighting block groups by food access and obesity prevalence. Optimally selected locations were 52% more efficient than randomly chosen ones in average distance traveled, with no significant difference among the three policy scenarios.