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ENCYCLOPEDIA

OF WORLD PROBLEMS

AND HUMAN POTENTIAL

  2. World problems
  3. Excessive standardization

Excessive standardization

  • Standardization

Nature

With increasing global standardization (such as the metric system, the Christian calendar, scientific and legal terms, etc) and the spread of cultural homogenization, there has been a decline of national identity and local customs.

Broader

Obstacles to world trade
Presentable
Conformism
Yet to rate

Narrower

Banned cultivation of plant species
Unpresentable
Inadequate international standards of financial accounting and reporting
Yet to rate

Aggravates

Discriminatory imposition of standards
Unpresentable
Inadequacy of international standards
Yet to rate
Discrimination against people of abnormal size
Yet to rate

Aggravated by

Parochial telecommunications standards
Presentable

Reduces

Lack of standards
Unpresentable

Value

Excess
Yet to rate

Metadata

Database
World problems
Type
(F) Fuzzy exceptional problems
Biological classification
N/A
Subject
Content quality
Yet to rate
 Yet to rate
Language
English
1A4N
F2271
DOCID
11622710
D7NID
138360
Editing link
Official link
https://encyclopedia.uia.org/problem/excessive-standardization
Last update
Dec 3, 2024