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Unused gathering places

Name(s): 
Undesignated gathering places
Broader 
Unused cultural resources
Narrower 
Impersonality of public squares in cities
Aggravated by 
Decreasing park safety
Lack of social contact
Expensive meeting space
Degraded condition of urban landscape
Personal isolation in modern communities
Insufficient common land in urban environments
Fragmented social care at the neighbourhood level
Unattractive pedestrian environments in urban areas
Disengagement of citizens from community activities
Inaccessibility of quiet zones in an urban environment
Lack of places in urban environments encouraging unstructured public access
Reduced by 
Migrant labour
Strategy(ies) 
Designating gathering places
Reducing unused gathering places
Value(s) 
Undesignated
Unused
Type 
(F) Fuzzy exceptional problems

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.
 

Non-profit, apolitical, independent, and non-governmental in nature, the UIA has been a pioneer in the research, monitoring and provision of information on international organizations, international associations and their global challenges since 1907.

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