Distribution of alcohol outlets around educational institutes in Chon Buri province

Abstract

The objectives of this research were to explore and analyze density and distribution of alcohol outlets that were located at 300 and 500 meters around educational institutes in Muang district, Chon Buri province. The results revealed that there were 33 of secondary and high schools, and 15 vocational colleges and universities which divided into 20 zones. The alcohol outlets were classified into four groups (1) grocery store (2) convenience store (3) restaurant and (4) pub, bar and others. 727 and 1,160 of alcohol outlets were at 300 and 500 meters from educational institutes, respectively. The highest density of alcohol outlets was found in zone 8. Additionally, the alcohol outlet distributions were clustered, dispersed and random pattern. The results can be used to regulate the alcohol outlets location and applied to set up the alcohol outlet zoning around the educational institutes.

Keywords

• geographic information system
• density
• geoinformation technology
• alcohol outlet