Problem
Thwarted community enthusiasm
Experimental visualization of narrower problems
Other Names:
Failure of attempts at community improvementCumulative depletion of corporate initiative in rural communities
Collapsed corporate effort
Community action fatigue
Incidence:
The shifting of social services to the urban centres leaves rural villages without access to the type of expertise they once enjoyed. New services may be nearby but are nevertheless out of reach; water, health and sanitation services are available only in the larger regional cities. Village residents may be aware of modern ways but are without the means for being self-sufficient. To the villager, what was once a contented, quiet existence has become remote, poor and dissatisfying. Community attempts at implementing local initiatives are often inhibited or frustrated.
Broader Problems:
ExhaustionUndermined citizen confidenceLack of participation in developmentDemoralizing images of rural community identity Narrower Problems:
Isolated village mentalityStifled emerging leadershipThwarted cooperative successInaccessible government agenciesReluctance to join in community action Aggravates:
Drained social urgencyBreakdown of local community cohesionDeteriorating rural community cooperationContinuing expectation of community declineUndeveloped channels for commercial initiativeDeclining community confidence in its ability to change Strategies:
Romanticizing communal life Subject(s):
Action → Action Amenities → Rural
Commerce → Business enterprises
Development → Reform
Innovative change → Appropriateness
Medicine → Physiology
Societal Problems → Failure
Societal Problems → Inadequacy
Society → Communities
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
E: Emanations of other problems Date of last update
04.10.2020 – 22:48 CEST