Arcadis will provide technical, policy, program management and advisory solutions to the Wuhan sponge city programme.
At present, sponge city construction in China is developing rapidly, and its construction has become a hot issue. The effect of sponge city construction, especially the effect of runoff reduction and control, is the primary standard to measure the construction work, and also the most noteworthy ...
Kongjian Yu has gained international recognition for his concept of “sponge cities,” a measure to address and prevent urban flooding in the context of accelerated climate change. The concept was adopted as a national policy in China in 2013, prioritizing large-scale nature-based infrastructures ...
Lecturer: Landscape Architect Kongjian Yu, Pioneer of the "Sponge City" Concept-a measure to address and prevent urban flooding in the context of accelerated climate change, Wins the 2023 Oberlander Prize. This innovative ‘porous’ city design is based on ancient Chinese wisdom. ...
sponge cityvariation measure methodCities face acute shock like hurricanes and floods, and chronic stresses such as droughts, water shortages, urban floods, and urban using water. How cities can create a development model in which the water and environment can coexist to alleviate the problem with...
Stormwater control measure (SCM) maintenance considerations to ensure designed functionality Urban Water J., 14 (3) (2017), pp. 278-290 View in ScopusGoogle Scholar Bloomfield and Ahern, 2011 P. Bloomfield, F.D. Ahern Jr Long-term infrastructure partnerships: contracting risks and risk-reduction...
For designing sponge cities, various studies have used the GIS approach to give urban planners and landscape architects a comprehensive vision of why we need GI in our city and where is suitable to implement GI. If we look back to the benefits of green infrastructure, we can find some clues...
A method to measure hydrologic restoration attributed to low impact development by computing similarity between runoff frequency spectra. Journal of Hydrology, 588: 125134 Article Google Scholar Wang Y T, Sun M X, Song B M (2017). Public perceptions of and willingness to pay for sponge city ...
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It should be noted that the cycle of each type of maintenance measure would change according to local climatic conditions, but high-level maintenance also needs to contain all low-level movements. When rainy season comes, comprehensive inspection of the SPC facilities is needed to ensure the ...