Infrastructures like dockland and waterfront beach can influence people's activities and also has a negative effect on river and ecological decay and pollution.
as long as there is vision and attitude towards environmental factors, all the infrastructure development need not be completely deterimental. But, yes, anything changing the nature's equation have an negative impact, but when you looking for the positive impact on economy and culture, of course there are ways to achieve it with minimim impact or influence within the resilience system of the nature and ecosystem
at the beginning of project design, it should be considered that how to involve activities in to project. For example, deisgn a number of squares, and add design like rain gardens. this kind of design can show water process of filtering water, and it provides a watching for people which increase understanding of WSUD for citizens. and base on this, the culture of design will have meaning of WSUD. For economy, use reasonable type of vegetation in design, it may decaease cost of maintaining.