Problem
Blighted land use
Experimental visualization of narrower problems
Other Names:
Debilitating deterioration of developed areas Incidence:
Overall care for buildings and open spaces in the urban environment is often obscured by uncontrolled litter in streets and vacant lots, and by abandoned automobiles and discarded appliances. Poor housing upkeep adds to the sense of an unkempt and uncared-for community. Ill-timed and insufficient garbage collection adds to the situation as dogs and rats strew refuse across the area. Sensing it to be uncared for, people from outside the community use the many empty spaces as dumping grounds for garbage. The cumulative effect is a resigned acceptance of being unable to control the environment and continuing careless destruction of the community. Residents themselves feel that the community is forgotten; and without a significant demonstration that with corporate effort it is possible to care for buildings and space, the cycle continues.
Broader Problems:
Land degradationLandscape disfigurementEnvironmental degradation Narrower Problems:
Soil pollutionOvergrown vacant lotsRuins communicate inertiaLand rehabilitation difficultyDeteriorated building conditionsDereliction of the built environmentEnvironmental degradation of inner city areas Aggravates:
Community demoralization Strategies:
Analysing land cover changeReclaiming landRenovating deteriorating areasCorrecting defective land use planning Subject(s):
Amenities → Maintenance??Development → Development ??
Geography → Land type/use??
Societal Problems → Pests??
Societal Problems → Vulnerability??
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
C: Cross-sectoral problems Date of last update
11.04.2019 – 11:33 CEST