In many cities there is a lack of space to develop and as a result, in order to modernize, old buildings are demolished and replaces with new buildings. What are the disadvantages of knocking down old building? Do the advantages outweigh the disadvantages?

In
this
present world, the necessity of building more residents occurs as
population
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and the need
of
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more
residence
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increase. The need
of developing
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to develop
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modern buildings forces the old ones to be demolished and reconstructed
instead
of building
it
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them
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in empty spaces,
due to
having not enough space in myriad cities. It is agreed that
pros
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the pros
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of modernising a city outweigh the cons of it. Analysing the advantages of a modern city would prove
this
statement.
Firstly
, reconstructing a building gives the chance to it to be safer, stronger and far more reliable by using far more developed and successful technologies and strategies
while
modenrising
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modernising
modernizing
, since the technology improved since the old ones
built
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.
Moreover
, new techniques and cautions are benefiting the reliability of a building, protecting
homeowner
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homeowners
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from disasters.
For instance
, staying in
a
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old building
while
an earthquake is happening would be a nightmare,
whereas
new buildings would not even make you feel that a disaster is happening. So, modern buildings are more reliable and stable if
you
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afraid of disasters.
Secondly
, destroying an old building is extremely
time
and
money consuming
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money-consuming
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. Even though, the needed
money
and
time
provided
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are provided
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, permissions to reconstruct are really hard to get.
Moreover
, ruins after
demolishing
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demolition
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must be cleaned by the same people who
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demolished
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demolish
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demolish them
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.
For example
, building a house takes 1 year and a budget,
whereas
reconstructing it takes one and a half times greater
time
and budget.
Therefore
the person who modernising the building must think twice before getting in. To summarize, there are a lot of criteria when choosing to live in whether
a
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old or
a
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modern home,
such
as reliability, exterior, sustainability and most importantly the price.
Although
the process of building a new apartment is complicated and
money
and
time consuming
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time-consuming
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, relying on the home that you live
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in is
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is
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are
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much more important than
money
or
time
. After all, it is life and death in that case most people will choose life over death.
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