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.
Dartmouth Digital Commons Citation
Owens, Peter M.; Titus-Ernstoff, Linda; Gibson, Lucinda; Beach, Michael L.; Beauregard, Sandy; and Dalton, Madeline A., "Smart Density: A More Accurate Method of Measuring Rural Residential Density for Health-related Research" (2010). Dartmouth Scholarship. 1016.
https://digitalcommons.dartmouth.edu/facoa/1016
