waterdragon

That's interesting, thanks. So is the environment around the river being left to develop naturally, so is it being sculpted into a 'socially acceptable' version of nature? Does it become land that is inviting to people when it isn't flooded (maybe parkland/football pitches), or land geared to inviting wildlife (and what happens to that when it floods), or wasteland? And what do you think should happen?

Hi, I'm new to this site, and wanted to get some opinions from people about rivers and building developments. I'm doing some research looking at the kinds of developments that get built close to rivers, and what kinds of things get taken into account by the planners, developers, etc - environmental and ecological concerns, for instance? (I imagine that concerns for the local environment or ecosystems often comes a poor second to economics, but maybe I'm wrong!) Does anyone have experience of this? Perhaps something through work or personally? My work is in the UK, but I would be interested to hear about experiences in other countries too. Thanks for any thoughts people want to share!