Nevin Cohen

Career Opportunities, University of Hawai'i > Assistant/Associate Professor of Wildfire Management  (Position #0083067) in the College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resilience (CTAHR). Full-time, tenure-track position based in Honolulu with an 11-month appointment. Details here. > County Administrator for Kaua‘i (Position #0089216) in the College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resilience (CTAHR).

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As food retailers open, close, and change ownership, the resulting instability in local food environments can affect food access and health. Gentrification, and its associated socioeconomic changes, can be a factor in destabilizing food environments. This study examined food retail in lower income, gentrifying, and higher income census tracts in the Bronx, New York, in 2008 and 2017 to analyze the level of instability of retailers over this period.