1. 1. ANALYZING FOOD DESERT TRENDS INFORT WALTON BEACH, FLBy: Sarah Ford Albano
2. 2. FOOD DESERTS No car, no supermarketstore within a mile(USDA) Other types of foodstores, like conveniencestores, often serve as apoor substitute (Adams,Coleman and Ulrich2010, 58) Often occur in rural areaswhere little developmenttakes place, and urbancenters that have beenleft behind by suburbansprawl (Mead 2008, 335)
3. 3. STUDY AREA Fort Walton Beach located in Southern Okaloosa County-fairlydense compared to other cities in the county Economy dependent on military base to the North, andtourism (Destin) to the EastLeadingIndustriesConstruction FoodPercentage 15% 15% 14% 8%Population Avg.HouseholdSizeServicesNumber ofDisabledRetail Professional/MedianHouseholdIncomePercentage BelowPovertyLineTechnical/ScientificMinorityPopulation62,602 2.35 19,350 42,347 10% 21%
4. 4. METHODS Near tool in ArcGIS used with census tractcentroids as input layer- grocery stores within amile were used in search radius Leaflet plug-ins: created a circle and polygon tohighlight important areas relating to the study, pop-upto identify city, and a geocoder to find addressesthat can help user gain more insight into the overallstudy (it is harder to make connections withcoordinates)
5. 5. RESULTSPopulation,as of 2000Food Desert-Sum20,201 5,741 9,428Percentageof FDPopulation32% 28% 47% 7.7%Non-FoodDesert- Sum42,401 13,609 21,009Percentageof Non-FDPopulation68% 32% 50% 11.6% Leaflet map:DisabledPersonsAutomobileforTransportation% ofPopulationin Poverty http://students.uwf.edu/snf5/leaflet/webmap.html
6. 6. DISCUSSION Food Deserts influenced byproximity to main roads andAir Force Base Interior food desertsespecially vulnerable, aspoverty rates are muchhigher within these censustracts (29% living belowpoverty line in interior tract incomparison to 1% livingbelow poverty inNortheastern tract) Open Source web mappingcan be a conduit toexchanging informationnationally and helping identifytrends
7. 7. CONCLUSION Mapping is a great way toanalyze statistics associatedwith food deserts, as specificareas within food deserts canbe more vulnerable thanothers Fort Walton Beach does havea high percentage of fooddeserts, although the AirForce Base provides groceryshopping for a highpercentage of residents Community involvement, likecommunity gardening, orvolunteer-driven programscan help to assist thosepopulations that areespecially vulnerable
8. 8. REFERENCES Adams, Coleman and Ulrich. 2010. Food Deserts.Journal of Applied Sciences 4, no. 2 (September): 58-62. http://jstor.org/stable/23548938 American Nutrition Association. USD A Defines FoodDeserts.americannutritionassociation.org/newsletter/usda-defines-food-deserts Mead, Nathaniel M. 2008. Urban Issues: The Sprawl ofFood Deserts. Environmental Health Perspectives 116,no. 8 (August): 335. http://jstor.org/stable/25071122 Shaw, Hillary J. 2006. Food Deserts: Toward theDevelopment of a Classification. Human Geography 88,no. 2: 231-247. http://jstor.org.stable/3878390