Combating substance abuse with the potential of geographic information system combining multivariate analysis

Abstract

Substance abuse problems have been a growing concern for people from all over the world. The objective of this study is to demonstrate the usefulness of a combination between a geographic information system and a multivariate analysis However, due to the limited studies on a combination of both these methods in the substance abuse field, we review some other studies in various fields indicating the potential of this method in future substance abuse studies. the multivariate analysis lies in results very well, we hope this method will attract researchers to applying it in their studies and can consequently and indirectly help in combating substance abuse problems

Comparison of the distribution maps for drug addict hotspot in Selangor using different spatial analysis tools

“…The present study performs an in-depth GIS analysis of hotspot areas for drug addiction using multi geospatial analysis tools. According to Fazillah et al (2017), only a small number of studies combine GIS analysis with multivariate analysis method to investigate substance abuse.…”