Geographically isolated settlements

Rural dispersion, exemplified by small scattered settlements and isolated homesteads, inhibits the provision of infrastructure and services, particularly those relating to water, communication, transportation, electricity, health and education.

1. Maldistribution of population within countries
2. Isolation

1. Vulnerability of island developing countries and territories
2. Scattered housing locations
3. Physically isolated ethnic groups
4. Physically inaccessible services
5. Physically inaccessible resources
6. Old Believers
7. Minimal access to necessary information in remote areas
8. Local traditions of cultural isolation
9. Limited availability of technical expertise in remote communities
10. Lack of social service extension offices
11. Inadequate transport systems for isolated islands
12. Inaccessible market and supply centres
13. Inaccessible educational facilities
14. Distant agricultural services

1. Unattractive development sites
2. Social isolation
3. Social exclusion
4. Reliance on canned food
5. Regional underdevelopment
6. Reduced access to institutional resources
7. Prejudicial community self-reliance
8. Political isolation
9. Loneliness
10. Limited relations beyond local environments
11. Limited access to society's resources
12. Isolated village mentality
13. Inequality before the law
14. Inefficient location of facilities of international organizations
15. Ineffectiveness of tradition-bound small business methods
16. Inadequate water supply in rural communities
17. Inadequate transportation facilities for rural communities
18. Inadequate health services
19. Inadequate community policing
20. Geographic discrimination in the administration of justice
21. Demoralizing images of rural community identity
22. Declining breeds of domesticated animals
23. Consanguineous marriage

1. Lack of personal transport in rural areas
2. Distance

1. Providing communications to rurally dispersed populations
2. Increasing access
3. Dispersing rural populations
4. Developing marginal agricultural lands
5. Breaking down geographical isolation

1. Unsociable
2. Remoteness
3. Location
4. Isolation
5. Dispersion