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Changying Xiang and Lulu Tao
Vertical greenery not only helps to cool the surfaces of buildings but, more importantly, it can also mitigate the Urban Heat Island effect. The growth of vertical greenery is highly dependent on ongoing maintenance, such as irrigation. Wind-driven rain ...
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Bowen Qi, Peilong Xu and Chengzhao Wu
With the gradual advancement of urbanization, urban hardened roofs and pavements are increasing, and the rainwater cycle is being seriously damaged; sponge city construction has become an inevitable trend to address this problem. The analysis of the infi...
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Zhengzhao Li, Mingjing Dong, Tony Wong, Jianbin Wang, Alagarasan Jagadeesh Kumar and Rajendra Prasad Singh
This paper presents a framework of objectives and indexes for sponge cities implementation in China. The proposed objectives and indexes aims to reflect whether the city is in accord with the sponge city. Different cities have different objectives and in...
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Shiying Zhang, Chris Zevenbergen, Paul Rabé and Yong Jiang
Rapid urbanization in China and global climate change have increased urban flood exposure in Wuhan, and the increased flood risk has reduced property values in flood-prone areas. The central government of China is promoting the application of the sponge ...
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Shuhan Zhang, Yongkun Li, Meihong Ma, Ting Song and Ruining Song
To solve the problems of increasing local flooding, water shortage, and water pollution caused by the traditional model of urban development, the Chinese government proposed a new model of urban development?the Sponge City. In Beijing, the capital of Chi...
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Jinjun Zhou, Jiahong Liu, Weiwei Shao, Yingdong Yu, Kun Zhang, Ying Wang and Chao Mei
In recent years, urban waterlogging problems have become more and more serious, which has led to flood disasters in some cities. The Chinese government launched the sponge city pilot construction in 2015 to mitigate the risk of urban flooding and control...
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Richard Fenner
Urban drainage systems that incorporate elements of green infrastructure (SuDS/GI) are central features in Blue-Green and Sponge Cities. Such approaches provide effective control of stormwater management whilst generating a range of other benefits. Howev...
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Hui Li, Liuqian Ding, Minglei Ren, Changzhi Li, Hong Wang
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Rapid urbanization in China has caused severe water and environmental problems in recent years. To resolve the issues, the Chinese government launched a sponge city construction program in 2015. While the sponge city construction initiative is drawing at...
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Qinghua Luan, Xiaoran Fu, Cuiping Song, Haichao Wang, Jiahong Liu, Ying Wang
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Urban flooding occurs frequently in many regions of China. To reduce the losses caused by urban flooding, sponge city (SPC) and low-impact development (LID) have been carried out in many Chinese cities. However, urban flooding is influenced by various fa...
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Yao Yuan, Ye-Shuang Xu, Arul Arulrajah
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Global warming induces temperature variations and sea level changes for a long period of time. Many coastal cities around the world have experienced the harmful consequences of sea level changes and temperature variations. The city of Shanghai in China a...
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