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Inadequate building standards
Name(s):
Absence of housing codes
Unknown building codes
Incidence
Since it was found that more than £2 billion would be needed to bring school buildings in the UK up to 1981 regulation standards, the Government has considered abolishing the minimum standards altogether.
Broader
Inadequacy of international standards
Unethical practices related to human settlements and habitation
Related
Unfamiliar government procedures
This problem is a member of 2 aggravating loops
Aggravates
Low-quality construction work
Unethical construction practices
Inadequate safeguards against fire
[in 2 loops]
Substandard housing and accommodation
Aggravated by
Lack of systems for achieving grassroots agreement
Reduced by
Restrictive building codes in urban areas
Strategy(ies)
Developing housing policy
Developing housing codes
Improving building standards
Value(s)
Absence
Inadequacy
Unknowable
Type
(F) Fuzzy exceptional problems