REMOTE SENSING AND GIS FOR FOOD BANKS

Abstract. Food banks play an important role in sustainability (saving food-reducing waste), economy, and social cohesion. Investment food supports compassion, generosity, solidarity, hospitality. The objective of this study is to demonstrate how remote sensing geographic information system (GIS) could be used address environmental problems such as banks. In many cases data about socioeconomic gathered using sample qualitative surveys/interviews lacks spatial reference. Moreover, even may not available for researchers the same way study. Remote was found effective tool proxy extract indicators size building, distance between houses, streets width, scarcity trees/greenness (vegetative indicator). together with GIS multi-criteria weighted overlay were find suitable bank locations. research aligns United Nations Sustainable Development Goals number 2, 11, 12. Beneficiaries include charitable organizations, producers/consumers (restaurants, hotels, individuals), departments (water, energy, waste). methodology adopted by other around globe.