Problem
Fragmentation of communities by automobiles
Other Names:
Communities divided by roads Nature:
The use of cars has the overall effect of spreading people out, and keeping them apart. The effect of this on the social fabric is clear. People are drawn away from each other, and densities and corresponding frequencies of interaction decrease substantially. Contacts become fragmented and limited, localized by the nature of the interaction into well-defined indoor places - the home, the workplace, and maybe the homes of a few isolated friends. Narrower Problems:
Divisive roadsOvertrafficked residential streets Related Problems:
Divided citiesDivided cities Aggravates:
Scattered housing locationsDivided geographic allegianceOver-spacing of suburban housingOver-spacing of suburban housing Values:
DivisionFragmentation Subject(s):
Society → CommunitiesTransportation, Telecommunications → Roads
Transportation, Telecommunications → Motor vehicles
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
F: Fuzzy exceptional problems Date of last update
01.01.2000 – 00:00 CET