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ENCYCLOPEDIA

OF WORLD PROBLEMS

AND HUMAN POTENTIAL

  2. World problems
  3. Environmental degradation of suburbia

Environmental degradation of suburbia

  • Destruction of green inner suburbs

Nature

The suburbs in developed countries are boring and visually depressing. The ecology of suburbs is destroyed by concretization and over-cultivation of gardens.

Broader

Uncontrolled urban development
Excellent

Narrower

Threatened urban trees
Presentable
Overtrafficked residential streets
Presentable

Aggravates

Shortage of public space for relaxation
Presentable
Over-cultivated gardens
Unpresentable

Aggravated by

Inadequate town planning
Presentable
Lack of community involvement in environmental protection
Unpresentable

Related

Obsolescence of suburban mode of human settlement
Unpresentable
Artificiality of parkland
Yet to rate

Strategy

Protecting green inner suburbs
Yet to rate
Improving suburbia
Yet to rate
Destroying suburbs
Yet to rate
Degrading cities
Yet to rate

Value

Destructiveness
Yet to rate
Degradation
Yet to rate

SDG

Sustainable Development Goal #10: Reduced InequalitySustainable Development Goal #11: Sustainable Cities and CommunitiesSustainable Development Goal #15: Life on Land

Metadata

Database
World problems
Type
(D) Detailed problems
Biological classification
N/A
Subject
  • Amenities » Urban
  • Environment » Environment
  • Geography » Ecology
  • Societal problems » Destruction
  • Societal problems » Vulnerability
    • Content quality
    Unpresentable
     Unpresentable
    Language
    English
    1A4N
    D2345
    DOCID
    11423450
    D7NID
    145529
    Last update
    Oct 4, 2020