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Moreover, the influence of a collapsed society, such as the Western Roman Empire, may linger on long after its death. [5] The study of societal collapse, collapsology, is a topic for specialists of history, anthropology, sociology, and political science. More recently, they are joined by experts in cliodynamics and study of complex systems. [6] [3]
The highly advanced Indus Valley Civilization took root around 3000 BC in what is now northwestern India and Pakistan and collapsed around 1700 BC. Since the Indus script has yet to be deciphered, the causes of its de-urbanization [ 22 ] remain a mystery, but there is some evidence pointing to natural disasters. [ 23 ]
State collapse is a sudden dissolution of a sovereign state. [1] It is often used to describe extreme situations in which state institutions dissolve rapidly. [2] [1]When a new regime moves in, often led by the military, civil society typically fails to rally around the central government, and societal actors fend for themselves at the local level. [1]
An under-construction bridge collapsed into the river Ganga in India on Sunday. The Aguwani Sultanganj Ganga bridge, which was meant to be complete by 2019, collapsed in the eastern state of Bihar ...
Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed (titled Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Survive for the British edition) is a 2005 book by academic and popular science author Jared Diamond, in which the author first defines collapse: "a drastic decrease in human population size and/or political/economic/social complexity, over a considerable area, for an extended time."
The sudden collapse of the natural animal disposal system in India has had multiple consequences negatively impacting public health. [30] A vulture's metabolism is a true "dead-end" for pathogens, but dogs and rats become carriers of the pathogens. [31]
Structural collapses in India killed 8,756 people between 2018–2022, at the rate of about five people a day. The collapses of residential buildings account for most of the deaths. Delhi had the highest amount of structural collapse related deaths (133) from 2018−2022 out of the union territories, and Uttar Pradesh (1,696) and Maharashtra ...
A social crisis can be sudden and immediate, or it can be some gross societal inequity which might take decades to develop, or it could be a wide range of scenarios or situations which fall somewhere between those conceptual modes.