Research, Action by UB and Community Groups Alter City's Dietary Landscape
May 28, 2008
Food systems planner Samina Raja, Ph.D., Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Behavior has been involved for several years with a number of successful projects with the Massachusetts Avenue Project (MAP) and other community groups that are helping make Buffalo a healthier city by improving its food environment. It is one aspect of her continuing effort to understand and propose ways through which urban planners can strengthen a community's food system.
Raja and two of her UB colleagues recently conducted a study of food environments in Erie County, looking for "food deserts." It is one aspect of her continuing effort to understand and propose ways through which urban planners can strengthen a community's food system.
The study, "Beyond Food Deserts: Measuring and Mapping Racial Disparities in Neighborhood Food Environments," will be published in the June issue of the Journal of Planning Education and Research (Vol. 7, issue 4).