Today, the so-called sponge cities have revolutionised landscape architecture in China and serve as inspiration to some Western architects. In this Mashable Orginal, we explore the genesis of Kongjian Yu's sponge cities, some of the architects applying this model on a global scale, and how ...
The heavy rainfall in the south of North Rhine-Westphalia and north of Rhineland-Palatinate in Germany produced accumulations which averaged 100 to 150 mm (3.9 to 5.9 in) in 24 hours, equivalent to more than a month’s worth of rain. In Reifferscheid, 207 mm (8.1 in) fell within...
In banning flavors, China cites the same health concerns with youth vaping as other governments. But Beijing has a unique conflict of interest in the crackdown: It also runs a state cigarette monopoly, which accounts for 8.7% of China's tax revenue and directly benefits from stric...
With the 2022 Winter Olympics just months away the Chinese capital Beijing will be the first city to hold both the summer and winter games. The Chinese delegation didn't attend the Olympics until 1932 summer games in Los Angeles. It wasn't until 50 years later that China won its first gol...
An about 2-meter-wide alley, or “Liu Chi Xiang” in Chinese, now attracts floods of visitors in east China’s Anhui Province. It has a household’s ancient story hidden behind it, which vividly explains the essence of tolerance (宽容) and non-contention widely accepted in China. During ...
From 2010 to 2016, more than 10,000 flash flood events occurred in China, accounting for 70% of the total number of casualties of flood events [29]. In particular, the number of dead or missing in 2010 reached 3887 and accounted for 92% of the total number of casualties of flood ...
The current study deals with how floods affect the social and economic lives of villagers in the lower basin of the Khazir River (northern Iraq), where the villages Kazkan, Tal al-Laban, and Wardak are located within active floodplains close to the riverbed. The aim of this paper is to...