The phrase "a decrease in community" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a reduction in the sense of belonging, participation, or social interaction within a community.
Example: "The recent economic downturn has led to a noticeable decrease in community engagement and participation in local events."
Alternatives: "a decline in community" or "a reduction in community".
It was Dotson who, in 2014, came up with the idea of the "Ferguson effect", the theory that, after the unrest, a decrease in community engagement by police and sinking officer morale had emboldened criminals into an uptick in offending and violence.
Congregations can address working with other communities of faith in working for a decrease in community violence, including gun violence.
Thus, it is important to note that a decrease in community similarity may reflect degradation or restoration of a forest community.
[7] studied the avian response to hurricanes in some selected forested areas along the east coast of the USA and found a decrease in community similarity and abundance but invariance of species richness for the post-cyclones patterns.
Specifically in relation to sustainability, two studies [ 53, 54] found that vertical programmes create unfavourable conditions for sustainability once donor funding ceases, and a decrease in community self-reliance.
Although two thirds of the participants followed the expected trajectory of improvement in community functioning and quality of life (67%and66%6%, respectively), a third (33%) experienced a decrease in community functioning and 34% a decrease in their quality of life at the 6-month interview, compared to the baseline.
A recent evaluation of a program that trained community members how to recognize and respond to opioid overdose (including how to administer naloxone) found a decrease in community-wide overdose death rates.
There was marked improvement concerning community-connectedness among the intervention group (ΔM =6.20; standard deviation [SD] =29.91); whereas, a decrease in community-connectedness was detected in the control group (ΔM =-21.43; SD =34.97).
The Tax Commission has now spoken, and the average 5.8percenttaxax rate hike approved last month has been translated into tax rate increases as high as 8.9percentt in Somers and a decrease in one community, Cortlandt, of 8.8percentt.
These microdecisions will result in larger macroeffects due to a decrease in the community's social cohesion (a decrease in the importance of one of the possible motives of staying) and a change in the system of interaction.
Conversely, a decrease in the community proportion of children attending DCCs seems to have only a small effect on pneumococcal spread.
