Food desert An area where access to diverse, fresh, or nutritious food is limited due to the absence or low density of food entry points within practical travelling distance. Glossary List API Endpoint Area of Interest (AOI) Balancing loop / Reinforcing loop BPTK‑Py BPTK‑Py (Business Prototyping Toolkit for Python) CLD (Causal Loop Diagram) Containerization Data Governance / Metadata / Versioning Docker DSRM (Design Science Research Methodology) DSS (Decision Support System) ETL (Extract–Transform–Load) Extreme-condition test Flask Food desert Food security Food swamp GeoJSON GeoPandas GIS (Geographic Information System) Household food insecurity (HFI) Interoperability JSON Jupyter Notebook Jupyter Notebook Linux‑based Infrastructure Microservices Architecture Moderate-Coupling OGC (Open Geospatial Consortium) OpenStreetMap (OSM) pgAdmin Population-Weighted Aggregation PostGIS PostgreSQL PostgreSQL Wire Protocol (TCP/IP) QGIS REST / RESTful API SD (System Dynamics) Sensitivity Analysis Simulation Scenario Spatial Food Systems Model (SFSM) SSD (Spatial System Dynamics) Stock and flow Vensim PLE Plus XMILE (XML Modeling Interchange LanguagE)