Strategic placement of urban agriculture: A spatial optimization approach

dc.contributor.authorThapa, Bhuwan
dc.contributor.authorBanerjee, Aniruddha
dc.contributor.authorWilson, Jeffrey S.
dc.contributor.authorHamlin, Samantha
dc.contributor.departmentGeography, School of Liberal Artsen_US
dc.date.accessioned2022-06-02T17:31:39Z
dc.date.available2022-06-02T17:31:39Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.abstractStrategic placement of urban agriculture such as community gardens can expand alternate food supply, support physical activity, and promote social interactions. While social and health benefits are critical priorities when planning new urban agriculture locations, no widely accepted site selection methods have been established. We developed a spatial optimization model to identify new urban agriculture locations in the City of Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana. Considering block groups with vacant parcels as potential locations, the study uses p-median optimization to identify the 25 best locations that would minimize travel from any block group in the city to potential garden locations. We weighted each block group based on food access and prevalence of obesity, where food access was characterized on three dimensions: economic, geographical, and informational. The model was simulated for three policy scenarios with equal, stakeholder-driven, and obesity-driven weights, and the results were compared with randomly selected locations. We found that optimally selected locations were 52% more efficient than randomly chosen locations in terms of the average distance traveled by residents based on the p-median solution. However, there was no significant difference in travel distance among the three policy scenarios. The spatial optimization model can help policymakers and practitioners strategically locate urban agriculture sites.en_US
dc.eprint.versionFinal published versionen_US
dc.identifier.citationThapa, B., Banerjee, A., Wilson, J., & Hamlin, S. (2021). Strategic placement of urban agriculture: A spatial optimization approach. Urban Agriculture & Regional Food Systems, 6(1), e20019. https://doi.org/10.1002/uar2.20019en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1805/29213
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherWileyen_US
dc.relation.isversionof10.1002/uar2.20019en_US
dc.relation.journalUrban Agriculture & Regional Food Systemsen_US
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/*
dc.sourcePublisheren_US
dc.subjecturban agricultureen_US
dc.subjectspatial optimizationen_US
dc.subjectfood supplyen_US
dc.titleStrategic placement of urban agriculture: A spatial optimization approachen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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