Setbacks prevent landowners from crowding the property of others, allow for the safe placement of pipelines, and help to preserve wetlands. Setbacks form boundaries by establishing an exact distance from a fixed point, such as a property line or an adjacent structure, within which building is prohibited.

Why are setbacks important in life?

Setbacks are important, if we pay attention to them. They provide clues that things aren't working—either because of things that we are or aren't doing, of changes outside our control but which impact us. Setbacks happen to each of us–we miss opportunities, we aren't performing at the same level we have.

Is a setback a problem?

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishset‧back /ˈsetbæk/ ●○○ noun [countable] a problem that delays or prevents progress, or makes things worse than they weresetback for The December elections were a major setback for the party.