Sentence examples for construct dwellings from inspiring English sources

Disaster experts have cited Brazil's lack of disaster preparedness in the tragedy and criticized local officials for allowing people to construct dwellings in areas prone to flooding.

In the vast and sparsely populated expanses between the Highlands and the western coastal areas, however, inhabitants utilize locally available materials to construct dwellings that bear features of both regions.

Pomo housing varied with the locale: coastal residents constructed dwellings of heavy timber and bark, and inland peoples built various types of dwellings out of such materials as poles, brush, grass, and tule mats.

Poorly designed and constructed dwellings serve to perpetuate risk.

Poorly designed and constructed dwellings perpetuate risk in low-income areas.

It also illustrates that risk is linked to the built environment, and that poorly designed and constructed dwellings serve to perpetuate flood risk in low-cost housing areas.

Acoustic comfort of newly constructed dwellings has significantly improved in recent years through two factors: new demands for sound insulation quality of buildings and enforcement legal requirements through pre- completing control.

Poorly constructed dwellings were blown apart by the strong winds.

Paint with high lead levels was found in old as well as newly constructed dwellings (Montgomery and Mathee 2005).

As suggested during a recent study of urban malaria in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, 48 irregularly or sparsely constructed dwellings near irrigation networks are locations where preventive strategies focused on urban children can be very effective.

"I think an older home that has been properly maintained and periodically renovated to meet today's standards can net a similar return to that of a newly constructed dwelling," she said, "and, in many cases, for a lot less dollars invested".