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ENCYCLOPEDIA

OF WORLD PROBLEMS

AND HUMAN POTENTIAL

  2. World problems
  3. Loss of capacity with age

Loss of capacity with age

  • Deterioration with age
  • Frailty
  • Feebleness
  • Obsolescence
  • Antediluvian

Broader

Entropy
Yet to rate

Narrower

Environmental degradation
Excellent
Wood deterioration and decay
Presentable
Wear
Presentable
Planned obsolescence
Presentable
Human ageing
Presentable
Fatigue in materials
Presentable
Environmental degradation of inner city areas
Presentable
Deterioration of the physical condition of art objects
Presentable
Deterioration of stored documents and archives
Presentable
Deterioration of nuclear power plants
Presentable
Depressed industries
Presentable
Attrition of integrity of institutions
Presentable
Deteriorating physical infrastructure in cities
Unpresentable
Block obsolescence of military technology
Unpresentable
Obsolete methods
Yet to rate
Irrelevant institutions
Yet to rate
Disintegration of accepted myths
Yet to rate
Deteriorating community identity
Yet to rate
Decline in human genetic endowment
Yet to rate
Data corruption
Yet to rate
Architectural obsolescence of building structures
Yet to rate
Presbycusis
Yet to rate

Aggravates

Physical unfitness
Excellent
Slowness of sensori-motor activities in the aged
Presentable
Reckless driving by elderly motorists
Presentable
Illness
Presentable
Rigidity and inadaptability in the aged
Unpresentable
Inactivity
Unpresentable
Fragility
Unpresentable
Influencelessness
Yet to rate
Psychological stress of time passing
Yet to rate

Aggravated by

Human ageing
Presentable

Related

Disease
Yet to rate

Strategy

Welcoming obsolescence
Yet to rate
Updating
Yet to rate
Understanding feebleness
Yet to rate
Killing the unfit
Yet to rate
Caring for the frail
Yet to rate
Becoming decrepit
Yet to rate
Avoiding disuse
Yet to rate
Ageing
Yet to rate

Value

Loss
Yet to rate
Obsolescence
Yet to rate
Archaism
Yet to rate
Unused
Yet to rate
Age
Yet to rate
Feebleness
Yet to rate
Frailty
Yet to rate
Debility
Yet to rate
Deterioration
Yet to rate
Decrepitness
Yet to rate
Antiquated
Yet to rate

SDG

Sustainable Development Goal #3: Good Health and Well-being

Metadata

Database
World problems
Type
(B) Basic universal problems
Biological classification
N/A
Subject
  • History » History
  • Societal problems » Obsolescence
  • Societal problems » Vulnerability
  • Society » Elderly
    • Content quality
    Presentable
     Presentable
    Language
    English
    1A4N
    C8310
    DOCID
    11383100
    D7NID
    144609
    Last update
    Dec 2, 2024