Cannibalization is usually due to unavailability of spare parts, due to an emergency situation, long resupply times, physical distance, or insufficient planning or budget.

Continuing congestion was attributable to insufficient or nonexistent planning.

In all cases, claimed Flint, the projects had suffered from insufficient planning, and inadequate attention to the needs of local people.

"The most significant finding of the inspections was the fragmented, largely uncoordinated and insufficient planning for a fire or bomb emergency," the report said.

Due to insufficient planning for the enormous on-campus growth, a significant portion of students currently have to share mailboxes with randomly assigned partners.

And the confusion is compounded by what appears to be insufficient planning by the U.S. to meet the humanitarian challenge in Iraq.

Even before the invasion it was clear to many observers that insufficient planning had been made for the stability of post-war Iraq.

Mainly, people interviewed yesterday described the kind of chaos born of large crowds and what sure seems to have been insufficient planning for so huge a turnout.

During the Great Leap Forward, a number of water conservancy projects were undertaken, but with insufficient planning and capital.

"The real problem has been insufficient planning and insufficient attention," Mr. Leffler said.