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Fast food consumption is one of the major causes of rising obesity rates. Fast food consumers are mostly residents located in the service area —the fast food outlet's surrounding area. Conventional buffer approaches may exhibit bias in measuring service areas by ignoring the local community's detailed spatial configuration and transportation preferences.This study uses fast food outlets and their visits provided by a mobile phone-based dataset named SafeGraph and applies a novel con...
Canadian farmers are met with the multifaceted challenge of producing enough food to meet growing populations while adjusting to novel weather patterns and meeting climate change targets (Crippa et al., 2021; FAO, 2016). Concurrently, digital agriculture technologies, such as smart tractors, sensors, algorithmic modelling and farm management software are increasingly employed with the promise of higher yields, efficiency, and reduced environmental impacts (Glaros e...
Southern Manitoba is experiencing a climate shift, which is expected to intensify in the future. In fact, climate models predict changes in precipitation and temperature patterns, which are likely to lead to flooding and drought. Even though there is prediction for fewer frost days that can increase the growing season in spring and summer months, the increase in temperature and water shortage will likely lead to an increase in pests and diseases, which cancels the benefits to be derived. S...