Adapting to Floods by Creating “Sponge Cities” in China

The Economic World Forum published an interesting article about a Chinese professor’s efforts to adapt to climate change-induced flooding in China.

Prof Kongjian Yu, after studying landscape architecture at Harvard University, has returned to China to create and design a “sponge city,” an ecologically based adaptation to flooding.

The idea is simple. The article says:

“Rather than using concrete to channel away rainwater, you work with nature to absorb, clean and use the water. A solution to adapt to floods while catering to vegetation and habitat around urban areas.”

Today, this project has been replicated in 250 places in China.

As one of the world’s largest emitters, China is taking steps to mitigate and adapt to climate change through sponge cities – a nature-based solution that is cost-effective compared to building grey infrastructures like dykes and floodwalls.

This project can also be replicated in other cities and urban areas worldwide experiencing the same water challenges.

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