[arpinum]

Not good. There is a spectrum of choices between not having enough reservoirs and power generation on one end and paving over the entire country on the other. I would trade having bats confused at night in order to have more housing within 2 miles of a major city.

[ninalanyon]

Why not have more housing in the city? There's lots of space in the UK town I come from that is very poorly utilized. As for power generation, solar panels can coexist with quite a lot of wildlife.