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Lack of social contact

Other Names:
Infrequent neighbour contacts
Minimal community contact
Lack of telephone contact
Broader Problems:
Social isolation
Breakdown of local community cohesion
Disadvantages of homeworking employees
Restrictive channels of cultural interchange
Narrower Problems:
Confining home duties
Limited relations beyond local environments
Related Problems:
Attenuation of group relationships
Aggravates:
Loneliness in adults
Unused gathering places
Fragmented community image
Television addiction
Difficulty finding marriage partner
Strategies:
Living in community
Providing frequent neighbour contacts
Providing social contact
Providing social contact
Increasing community contact
Providing community contact
Values:
Community
Contact
Anticommunity
Infrequent
Lack
Minimum
Unsociable
Subject(s):
Society → Social
Society → Communities
Amenities → Neighbourhoods
Transportation, Telecommunications → Telephone, telex, telefax
Societal Problems → Scarcity
Innovative change → Appropriateness
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
GOAL 9: Industry, Innovation and InfrastructureGOAL 10: Reduced InequalityGOAL 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities
Problem Type:
F: Fuzzy exceptional problems
Date of last update
18.02.1997 – 00:00 CET

About the Encyclopedia

The Encyclopedia of World Problems and Human Potential is a unique, experimental research work of the Union of International Associations. It is currently published as a searchable online platform with profiles of world problems, action strategies, and human values that are interlinked in novel and innovative ways. These connections are based on a range of relationships such as broader and narrower scope, aggravation, relatedness and more. By concentrating on these links and relationships, the Encyclopedia is uniquely positioned to bring focus to the complex and expansive sphere of global issues and their interconnected nature.

The initial content for the Encyclopedia was seeded from UIA’s Yearbook of International Organizations. UIA’s decades of collected data on the enormous variety of association life provided a broad initial perspective on the myriad problems of humanity. Recognizing that international associations are generally confronting world problems and developing action strategies based on particular values, the initial content was based on the descriptions, aims, titles and profiles of international associations.

About UIA

The Union of International Associations (UIA) is a research institute and documentation centre, based in Brussels. It was established in 1907, by Henri la Fontaine (Nobel Peace Prize laureate of 1913), and Paul Otlet, a founding father of what is now called information science.
 

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