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ENCYCLOPEDIA

OF WORLD PROBLEMS

AND HUMAN POTENTIAL

  2. World problems
  3. Absorption of rural communities

Absorption of rural communities

  • Urban encroachment of the countryside
  • Village colonization

Nature

Typical small villages are being engulfed by new suburban development or ribbon development stretching out along country roads or haphazard scattered development in the countryside. Villages are in a danger to become commuter or retirement dormitories accessible only to those on higher incomes.

Broader

Uncontrolled physical expansion of cities
Presentable
Neglect of agricultural and rural life
Presentable
Vulnerability of small towns
Unpresentable
Destruction of the countryside
Unpresentable
Loss of internal political borders
Yet to rate

Aggravates

Fear of the city
Excellent
Urbanization of rural areas
Yet to rate
Unidentifiable urban neighbourhoods
Yet to rate
Fragmented community image
Yet to rate
Demoralizing images of rural community identity
Yet to rate

Aggravated by

Unsustainable rural development
Presentable
Uncertain land zoning
Presentable
Geographically undefined community limits
Yet to rate

Reduced by

Boundary constraints on land planning
Presentable

Strategy

Limiting urban encroachment of the countryside
Yet to rate
Colonizing
Yet to rate

Value

Selfishness
Yet to rate
Encroachment
Yet to rate
Colonization
Yet to rate

SDG

Sustainable Development Goal #11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Metadata

Database
World problems
Type
(D) Detailed problems
Biological classification
N/A
Subject
  • Amenities » Rural
  • Amenities » Urban
  • Amenities » Villages
  • Government » Nation state » Nation state
  • Society » Communities
    • Content quality
    Unpresentable
     Unpresentable
    Language
    English
    1A4N
    D9504
    DOCID
    11495040
    D7NID
    141090
    Last update
    Oct 4, 2020