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Non-recognition of problems

Visualization of narrower problems

Name(s):

Delay in recognition of problems

Suppression of problems

Incidence

Water pollution problems throughout the regions of central and eastern Europe (CEE) and the former Soviet Union are not new to the experts. Scientists of the region identified them years ago, but the problems were not officially recognized, or even suppressed, by the previous authorities. Unlike the West, where the recognition and solution of problems sequentially progressed from traditional point sources and pollutants to non-point sources and priority pollutants, the sudden emergence of the problems in the CEE and Russia presents a dilemma for management and priority establishment.

Broader

Delay

Unpreparedness

General obstacles to problem alleviation

Narrower

Crop vulnerability

Inadequate maintenance

Unknown alcohol information

Unrecognized animal diseases

Unrecognized future financial commitments

Non-recognition of environmental problems

Delay of religions in acknowledging social problems

Suppression of information concerning social problems

Non-recognition of health problems by the medical profession

Concentration of national governments activity on national affairs

Aggravates

Inaction on problems ^{[in 14 loops]}

Bureaucratic inaction ^{[in 9 loops]}

Inappropriate policies ^{[in 13 loops]}

Irreversible problem emergence ^{[in 1 loop]}

Retrospective pollution liability

Recurrence of misapprehended world problems

Institutional preoccupation with obsolete problems ^{[in 8 loops]}

Aggravated by

Minimization of problems

Entrapping social context

Unknown synergistic effects

Lag in policy conceptualization

Conceptual repression of problems

Unproven relationships among problems

Elimination of opposition groups or individuals

Calculated delays in releasing controversial news items

Failure to integrate knowledge to empower humanity in response to the global problematique

Wicked problems

Strategy(ies)

Recognizing problems

Reducing delay recognizing problems

Delaying recognition of problems

Type

(F) Fuzzy exceptional problems

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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.

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