这是休斯顿/哈里斯县各种食品获取服务的互动地图。数据在2016 - 2017年收集了Hurricane Harvey。
食品沙漠是一种低收入的人口普查区，其中大量或居民的份额较低，可以使用超市或大型杂货店。“低收入”领域被定义为至少20％的人的收入或低于联邦贫困水平的家庭规模，或者该区域中位数的中位数收入占周围地区中位数家庭的80％收入。如果至少有500人或33％的人口居住于超市或大型杂货店（对于农村人口普查区，距离超过10英里），则有资格为“低通道”区。
- Step 1 – Click on the link below. The red areas correspond to the food desert areas in Harris County and surrounding regions.
- Step 2 – Click on the green Layers List icon which identifies all the layers incorporated in the map for Harris County.
- Step 3 - Click on the various layers (e.g. Grocery stores, retailers, food pantries etc) to visualize the data. Clicking on the data points on the map and/or zooming in can identify the location at the address level.
- 步骤4 - 根据需要单击多层以可视化分层数据。每个数据点的描述，定义和来源可在描述和定义下获得。
休斯顿地区食品访问地图工具
粮食不安全的制图工作是由跨部门协作的结果克林顿基金会的健康事项倡议和GE Healthymagination, and anchored by The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Public Health. The platform provides an active lens into current resources as well as opportunity areas. The intent is for the platform to be used by numerous stakeholders, government representatives and residents.
