Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2-12-2010

Publication Title

International Journal of Health Geographics

Department

Geisel School of Medicine

Abstract

Studies involving the built environment have typically relied on US Census data to measure residential density. However, census geographic units are often unsuited to health-related research, especially in rural areas where development is clustered and discontinuous. We evaluated the accuracy of both standard census methods and alternative GIS-based methods to measure rural density.

DOI

10.1186/1476-072X-9-8

Original Citation

Owens PM, Titus-Ernstoff L, Gibson L, Beach ML, Beauregard S, Dalton MA. Smart density: A more accurate method of measuring rural residential density for health-related research. Int J Health Geogr. 2010 Feb 12;9:8. doi: 10.1186/1476-072X-9-8. PMID: 20152044; PMCID: PMC2831851.

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