Problem
Inadequate community care for transient urban populations
Other Names:
Denial of rights to transient populations Nature:
There is a lack of basic community care structures in small urban communities, where a continued influx of transient residents rely on overburdened, rural-oriented services. Despite the close proximity of modern services for the rest of the population, such services are not available to these people and this produces a debilitating effect on those who continue to live under outmoded forms of care. The gap in services is apparent in the unsanitary conditions; the overextended medical services; the number of orphaned, uneducated and uncared children; the lack of access to vital information; and the virtual absence of social care for young or old. The gap in services and obvious disparity with others dissipates a community's energy, gives it a negative self-image and demoralizes the local people.
Broader Problems:
Migrant labourExcessive population mobilityUnequal coverage by social securityFragmented social care at the neighbourhood level Related Problems:
Inadequate animal welfareDenial of rights to vulnerable groups Aggravates:
HomelessnessFragmented schoolingOvercrowding in schoolsUnsupervised home birthsInadequate child welfareUninvolved transient residentsFragmented care of drug addictsLack of specialized transportationProhibitive cost of private medical care Strategies:
Improving human settlementsDenying rights to transient populationsImproving community care for transient urban populationsProviding inadequate community care for transient urban populations References:
Oberai, A S: Migration, Urbanisation and DevelopmentStewart, A: Migrants, Minorities and Security in Europe Subject(s):
Amenities → HomesAmenities → Urban
Societal Problems → Deprivation
Societal Problems → Inadequacy
Society → Communities
Society → Migrants
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
F: Fuzzy exceptional problems Date of last update
04.10.2020 – 22:48 CEST