Unavailability of building materials

Name(s): 
Unenvisioned building goods
Scarcity of building materials
Nature 
The scarcity of building materials affects development plans in other sectors, including agriculture, health and education. It impedes self-help construction efforts, especially in slums and squatter settlements. This forces the urban poor to use inappropriate building materials such as cardboard or mud to improve or build their housing.
Incidence 
In many countries there is a scarcity of local produced building materials, such as aggregates, bricks, tiles, limestone, cement etc.
Broader 
Restricted delivery of essential services to rural communities
Shortage of equipment and materials needed to act against problems
Narrower 
Scarce fencing material
Related 
Unavailability of building sites
Unavailability of construction equipment
Aggravates 
Housing shortage
Uninsulated buildings
Low-quality construction work
Prohibitive construction costs
Unenvisioned construction methods
Unavailability of appropriate building
Aggravated by 
Wood, shaped or simply worked, shortage
Instability of mining and quarrying industry
Strategy(ies) 
Developing construction materials industry
Value(s) 
Unavailability
Type 
(E) Emanations of other problems