Community-Engaged GIS for Urban Food Justice Research

Margaret W. Pettygrove and Rina Ghose
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Margaret W. Pettygrove: Department of Geography, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI, USA
Rina Ghose: Department of Geography, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI, USA

International Journal of Applied Geospatial Research (IJAGR), 2016, vol. 7, issue 1, 16-29

Abstract: GIScience research has enhanced citizen engagement through advancements in web-based geospatial techniques and qualitative GIS methodologies, which provide opportunities for new forms of knowledge production. This paper draws on two interrelated approaches to demonstrate the ways qualitative GIS and Web 2.0 can provide nuanced analysis and foster collaborations to advance, in particular, food justice goals, which include developing equity in access to quality nutritious foods. First, the authors create a multicriteria food environment index utilizing GIS-based multicriteria modeling to represent food environments as constituted by multiple food sources and access dimensions. This enables visualization of food environment quality and indicates that food environment quality varies within a single neighborhood. Second, they utilize web GIS technologies to capture and visualize volunteered geographic information about urban food environments, demonstrating the importance of citizen perspectives to developing more nuanced understandings of these environments.

Date: 2016
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