Problem

Departure of business from small communities to urban locations

Nature:

Adequate consumer services generate increased business operation and money circulation within their own boundaries. The current challenge is relocating appropriate commercial and industrial functions in small communities in which many of the commercial functions have gradually been transferred to the nearest market town. At present, residents of communities in which the stable business section has been reduced spend large amounts on goods and services in nearby large communities; and patterns of buying goods away from home are encouraged by short driving distances involved.
Broader Problems:
Disruptive rural to urban migration
Lack of social accounting in the business community
Aggravates:
Informal sector
Insufficient small businesses
Deteriorating community identity
Limited availability of public services in small towns
Ineffectiveness of tradition-bound small business methods
Reduces:
Inadequate urban political machinery
Reduced By:
Reduced investment in small inner-city enterprises
Strategies:
Moving away from small communities
Subject(s):
Amenities → Urban
Commerce → Business enterprises
Society → Communities
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
GOAL 9: Industry, Innovation and InfrastructureGOAL 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities
Problem Type:
F: Fuzzy exceptional problems
Date of last update
04.10.2020 – 22:48 CEST