Problem
Physically inaccessible services
Experimental visualization of narrower problems
Other Names:
Remote basic servicesGeographically remote facilities
Absence of essential services
Nature:
Many rural communities are only on the outer fringes of the services which are now a necessity for participation in contemporary society. For example: electricity is costly and may be available only privately rather than on a general, domestic basis; water may be distributed, but it is usually untested, and may be parasitically contaminated; outdoor washing areas result in stagnant open pools of waste water; there is rarely any central means of garbage disposal and most homes rely on open pits for garbage. Inoperative health outposts, distant medical services and inaccessible dental care facilities drain the vitality of the people and reinforce the life style of backward isolation. In addition, the daily expenditure of energy required to function with such rudimentary services severely minimizes productive output.
Broader Problems:
Regional underdevelopmentGeographically isolated settlementsDeficiencies of developing countriesLack of social service extension officesIneffective delivery of basic human resource services Narrower Problems:
Inaccessible job marketIsolated mass cemeteriesIrregular transport servicesInadequate emergency servicesReluctance to travel at nightInaccessible government agenciesInaccessibility of health servicesInaccessible educational facilitiesInaccessible administrative agenciesInaccessible market and supply centresInaccessible supply of repair materialsInadequate medical laboratory facilitiesExcessive dispersion of community facilitiesInaccessible commercial and financial services Aggravates:
Stagnant surface waterUnavailability of appropriate expertiseReduced access to institutional resources Subject(s):
Geography → Geography ??Social Activity → Services??
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
C: Cross-sectoral problems Date of last update
17.04.2019 – 13:33 CEST