What it lacks, building on its heritage of Dutch colonial pluralism, is religious conformity.
Grass (or sod) roofs have a long and global lineage, too, often for areas lacking building materials yet requiring insulation from exposure and extreme climates (e.g., Scandinavia, sub-Saharan Africa, American Midwest) (Adler, 2005; Arhendt, 2007; Grant, 2006).
It suggests that in the case of shallow street canyons lacking buildings to provide shading, roadside trees are needed to improve the microclimate, to achieve energy conservation for buildings.
Some discrepancies could be due to the lack of building information and irregularities of building layout.
It is aimed at tackling lack of building in rural areas where planning authorities restrict building but local people want new housing or other facilities.
The collapsed buildings defining the landscape of the disaster area came as a consequence of Haiti's lack of building codes.
Mr. Abraham's lack of building experience, especially in the shark-infested waters of Manhattan construction, was not an issue, Dr. Thun-Hohenstein said.
The lack of building meant a lack of builders: why be a builder if you can't get a job?
The Tokyo Bay area is filled with tower mansions, partly because developers took advantage of its relative lack of building restrictions.
More people in our poll identified immigration as a driver of problems with housing than a lack of building.
