Community off-sales provision and the presence of alcohol-related detritus in residential neighbourhoods

This paper investigates the relationship between community off-sales premises and alcohol-related detritus (litter/remains) in residential neighbourhoods. This was accomplished by photographing all brand-identifiable alcohol product detritus (glass, packaging, etc.) where they lay and mapping these...

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Published in:Health & place 2010-03, Vol.16 (2), p.349-358
Main Authors: Forsyth, Alasdair J.M., Davidson, Neil
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Alcohol
Alcohol related
Alcoholic Beverages - supply & distribution
Civility
Convenience stores
Deprivation
Food Industry
Glassware
Health technology assessment
Humans
Litter
Neighbourhoods
Overprovision
Policy making
Refuse Disposal
Residence Characteristics
Residential areas
Scotland
Social cohesion
Social Responsibility
United Kingdom
Urban structure
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Summary:This paper investigates the relationship between community off-sales premises and alcohol-related detritus (litter/remains) in residential neighbourhoods. This was accomplished by photographing all brand-identifiable alcohol product detritus (glass, packaging, etc.) where they lay and mapping these against the presence of off-sales outlets (licensed convenience stores) in the community. It was hypothesised that alcohol-related detritus would be greatest near to such alcohol outlets. However, although there was some evidence of a “broken bottles effect”, accumulations of alcohol-related detritus near some off-sales premises, it is concluded that local area deprivation is a better predictor of such alcohol-related incivility than is outlet provision. The implications of these findings are discussed in relation to current social responsibility policy developments which are designed to make the alcohol industry liable for alcohol-related incivilities.
ISSN:1353-8292
1873-2054
DOI:10.1016/j.healthplace.2009.11.003