Problem
Excreting in public places
Other Names:
Urinating in publicDefecating in public
Random defecation
Incidence:
In the early 1980s, New York's transit authority began closing its 2,000 underground facilities because of vandalism. The lack of public facilities, combined with an increase in homelessness, has produced a "wave of public urination" in the city.
Broader Problems:
Unchanging sanitation practicesDisagreeable personal conditionsLack of sanitation in rural areas Narrower Problems:
Excrement of birdsInsalubrity of animal excrement in urban environments Subject(s):
Amenities → Living conditionsGovernment → Public
Medicine → Digestive system
Medicine → Urogenital system
Societal Problems → Effluent
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
E: Emanations of other problems Date of last update
04.10.2020 – 22:48 CEST