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ENCYCLOPEDIA

OF WORLD PROBLEMS

AND HUMAN POTENTIAL

  2. World problems
  3. Unchanging sanitation practices

Unchanging sanitation practices

  • Tradition-bound toilet habits
  • Uninformed hygienic tradition

Broader

Lack of sanitation in rural areas
Presentable
Inadequate primary health care
Presentable
Inappropriate application of traditional values
Yet to rate

Narrower

Excreting in public places
Unpresentable

Aggravates

Inadequate personal hygiene
Yet to rate

Aggravated by

Restrictive patterns of tradition-bound lifestyle
Presentable
Inadequate sanitation infrastructure
Presentable
Unenforced sanitation codes
Unpresentable

Strategy

Preserving traditional toilet habits
Yet to rate
Improving understanding of hygiene
Yet to rate
Improving hygienic behaviour patterns
Yet to rate
Correcting unhealthy sanitation practices
Yet to rate

Value

Uninformed
Yet to rate
Unchanging
Yet to rate
Tradition-bound
Yet to rate

SDG

Sustainable Development Goal #6: Clean Water and SanitationSustainable Development Goal #11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Metadata

Database
World problems
Type
(F) Fuzzy exceptional problems
Biological classification
N/A
Subject
  • Amenities » Living conditions » Living conditions
  • Societal problems » Hygiene
  • Recreation » Folk traditions
  • Psychology » Behaviour
    • Content quality
    Yet to rate
     Yet to rate
    Language
    English
    1A4N
    U5422
    DOCID
    13154220
    D7NID
    145952
    Last update
    Dec 3, 2024