The restoration of old buildings in major cities around the world costs enormous amounts of money. This money would be better spent on providing new housing and road development. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

It is indeed the fact that refurbishment of old structures in prime

cities

involves a lot of expenditure which could be utilized for the

construction

of new accommodations as well as infrastructure. I partially agree with

this

statement and

this

essay will discuss the reasons for my partial agreement. On the one side,

although

the

renovation

of old buildings may be expensive, the cost of new

construction

is drastically higher than

renovation

in a real-world scenario.

This

is because the cost of

construction

material in major

cities

is high and unlike

renovation

, new

construction

requires all the building materials.

In addition

, the development of existing roads in major

cities

would cause inconvenience to the general public and severe traffic congestion can be experienced.

Renovation

on the other hand

is an economical method to lengthen the life of existing infrastructure without creating hassle to the public.

For instance

, a city museum in Spain was renovated in just 5,00,000 euros and it will

last

for more than 5 decades whereas the reconstruction would have cost billions of euros. On the other side, if the amount spent on the

renovation

of existing old structures would be utilized for new constructions, it would certainly accommodate more people with a modern and better design. The old buildings are built on an old pattern which is incapable of accommodating more people and

also

requires repair in short intervals ,unlike new structures.

Also

, if the same amount of money is utilized to develop roads, it may cause inconvenience for a short duration,

however

, its benefit will be availed for a long time. Conclusively,

although

the

renovation

is economical than new

construction

, if the money spent on

renovation

is utilized on reconstruction long term benefits can be availed with a better accommodation capacity in major

cities