Blighted land use
Visualization of narrower problems
Name(s):
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
Narrower
Aggravates
Community demoralization [in 2 loops]
Aggravated by
Strategy(ies)
Type
(C) Cross-sectoral problems