Living Near The River Analysis

Sir Peter Cook is an English architect; also he is lecturer and writer on architectural subjects. He was born in Southend-On-Sea, Essex at 22 October 1936. Peter was a director of London's Institute of Contemporary Arts, and he is a founder of Arch gram, (Wikimedia 2014). Cook in august 2013 wrote an article about housing near river side and he was encouraging construction near the river. Titled (What’s to stop us diverting a watercourse to create our own riverside idyll?), His view point was about the housing development by digging a canal in the long run, that is be as economic as landscaping the forecourts, which are made everybody boast a waterside residence. This paper contains reconstruction and explanation of the author’s point of view,
the first of these risks is the flooding, flooding is the greatest risk for the buildings and peoples, varying water levels throughout the year can causes trouble for homes, the second risk of living near rive is Erosion, if river never floods flowing water it is still destructive to the land which it passes over it. The third problem is the Trespassers and noise, River is an active recreational area and it causes a lot of Noise, which it can be uncomfortable for the living, the final risk of living near river is Environmental Concerns (Home guides, 2017). In addition to when people livening near the rivers, their will do some actions such as: Dams, diversions and river management, these cause flooding to these wetlands, altering their ecology, and cause the death or poor health of aquatic biota. These effects on health, and causes the death. (R.T. Kingsford, 109). In my view this risks may make people avoid the living near the rivers. From the previous viewpoints it is clear that cook has missed the point of the risk when people built and living near the rivers, or his argument was in a subjective
Furthermore it improves indoor air quality and attracts wild life. Also, the green spaces have a life style benefits by foster improved mental and physical health, well-being, can promote decrease aggression and violence. In addition to economic benefits; it conserve energy by providing shade, cooling effects and wind breaks (landscape novas cotia, 2009). I believe that living near the green areas can be very fun because it is helps to adjust your disposition, helps you beat periodic mental blocks and heather. In my view point the living near the green spaces and forestry my better and has more benefits than living near water Crouse, peter cook may absent from this point.
In the final of article peter cook encourage to Build new houses development by digging a canal in the long run, that will be as economic as landscaping the forecourts, but of my view built near the river is not save money but it may cost a lot of money for built and