In the case of television, the scarcity of spectrum, and the expense of building a cable system, have been additional justifications for regulating ownership.Now, though, these arguments are weaker.
Especially in these times of economic scarcity building new housing is an economically wise and value-creating investment with positive side-effects ranging from reducing youth unemployment to boosting the local economy.
The relative scarcity of new buildings will very likely keep down the vacancy rate, Mr. Finn said.
Limited experimental and analytical research has been carried out so far to explore their earthquake response, partly due to the complexity of the problem and partly due to the scarcity of TF buildings across the world.
The members of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf have typically addressed water scarcity problems by building energy-intensive desalination plants.
And yet the authors of this letter harp on the economic difficulties of Gazans, scarcity of gasoline, power, building materials and the sewage problems.
The Havana Journal about Cuba's real estate boom ("Cuba Unleashes the Pent-Up Energy of Real Estate Dreams," Feb. 16) did not mention perhaps the most important cause of our neighboring country's dilapidated housing stock: the scarcity and inflated prices of building materials caused by the United States' economic blockade.
We address the issue of scarcity of information about the building properties by employing new sensing technology.
This last, but very important factor is, in turn, the result of very different causes, as is the establishment of new cultural models and the scarcity of new high quality building land.
Deaths from landslides and flooding are common in mountainous Japan, where a scarcity of flat land suitable for building can lead to the construction of homes at the foot of steep hillsides or in narrow river valleys.
