Problem
Unexplored alternatives for community development
Other Names:
Inhibited social incentives Nature:
The desire of many small communities to revitalize their town is hampered by images of past greatness. This prevents them from searching for alternatives which could provide the same services in more appropriate forms - so that, despite declining population, basic goods and services could be made available to those residents who do remain. These would include shopping and health care facilities for older people, adult education courses and other community institutions. Broader Problems:
Lack of incentivesInadequate social innovationDeteriorating community identitySelf-defeating style of community planningUnderutilization of potential in local communities Narrower Problems:
Declining mining communities Strategies:
Designing model communitiesPromoting community self-determinationProviding alternative to traditional community patterns Subject(s):
Society → SocialSociety → Communities
Social Activity → Employment conditions
Development → Development
Innovative change → Alternatives
Innovative change → Appropriateness
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
F: Fuzzy exceptional problems Date of last update
04.10.2020 – 22:48 CEST