China's national Sponge City Program promotes the integration of green–grey–blue infrastructure for sustainable urban-water governance. However, recent record-breaking flood events have called the efficacy of the programme into question, illustrating the need for a holistic social–natural–engineering ...
Fig. 5. The generalization of SPCC process control method in Jinan, China. The SPCC in Jinan set the priority to the use of rivers, wetlands and parks in the city as temporary stormwater storage space and set grass swales to transfer road runoff. However, for the intersection of the road...
In 2015, China's national government initiated a Sponge City Programme to address its urban flood issues. A sponge city is a city built around the concept of managing water in an ecologically sustainable way. The intention is to improve urban resilience through rainwater capture, storage and use...
China's Sponge City programme aims to improve resilience to urban expansion and climate change by enabling cities to save and resupply rainwater. It is crucial for cities such as Beijing and Jinan, which suffer water shortages even after severe flooding. However, several hurdles must be overcome ...
Wuhan: the“sponge city”(武汉:“海绵城市”)Sponge absorbs(吸收) water.“Sponge city” absorbs rainwater.In 2015, Wuhan 1. ___(start) to build a “sponge city", one of the first cities to do so in China. In the city, water can go through the pavements(人行道). There are also ...
To mitigate the negative impacts of urban stormwater problems related to rapid urbanization in China, a new term "sponge city" was proposed, with related practices and implementation approaches...doi:10.1007/978-3-030-01488-9_1W. CheWei Zhang...
So far,16 pilot cities in China(8) have chosen(choose)to try the concept,including Shanghai,Wuhan,Chongqing and Xiamen.The Qunli Stormwater Park in the city of Harbin in northern China is one example of a(9) successful(success)sponge city.It collects,cleans and stores rainwater(10) ...
Hangzhou leads in sponge city development Hangzhou is a leader in China's sponge city initiative, and is home to lush mountains and lucid waters. [Photo/hangzhou.com.cn] Hangzhou is at the forefront of China's sponge city initiative, recently earning an A grade in the national performance ...
masters, and doctoral students. The "China Sponge City" national education program relies on national first-class major program, key laboratory of urban stormwater system and water environment, ministry of education, excellent un...
In the future, it will extend to other parts of Liangjiang New Area. This project is of key significance to the successful construction of Chongqing sponge city and will be the first of China’s 30 sponge cities to have a smart storm water control system. 18....