Alcohol Outlet Density
Liquorlining: Liquor Store
Concentration and Community Development in Lower-Income
Cook County Neighborhoods (
PDF) This document describes the environment, impact,
options for change and outcomes regarding alcohol outlet
concentration in neighborhoods in Cook County, Illinois. Attention: Non-MDH link
Alcohol
Outlet Facts This fact sheet describes findings from
studies that explored the relationships between alcohol
outlet density and various types of crime, homicide, assault,
college binge drinking, economic and social disintegration,
and motor vehicle crash injuries. An extensive reference
list is included for further reading. Attention: Non-MDH link
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GIS/Mapping Systems
GIS is the acronym for “geographic information systems.” Those three
words give a good description of what GIS is a system for
collecting and analyzing information based on geography. GIS
brings data together from different sources, and ties the data
to a geographic map. It’s becoming more common to see GIS used
in a variety of disciplines. It is commonly used to map crime
and violence data, to map mosquito-breeding areas, to track
the spread of invasive plant species, and to inform new automobile
navigation systems.
So, how does GIS relate to alcohol outlet density?
See our discussion. |
