[HTML][HTML] Addressing challenges of urban water management in Chinese sponge cities via nature-based solutions

Y Qi, FKS Chan, C Thorne, E O'Donnell, C Quagliolo… - Water, 2020 - mdpi.com
Urban flooding has become a serious issue in most Chinese cities due to rapid urbanization
and extreme weather, as evidenced by severe events in Beijing (2012), Ningbo (2013) …

[HTML][HTML] Nature-based solutions for circular urban water systems: A scoping literature review and a proposal for urban design and planning

A Tsatsou, N Frantzeskaki, S Malamis - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2023 - Elsevier
This article explores eleven types of Nature-based Solutions (NBS) that can contribute to
circular systems for water reuse and resource recovery in cities in terms of their function, co …

Emerging trends and prospects for municipal wastewater management in China

J Qu, X Dai, HY Hu, X Huang, Z Chen, T Li… - ACS ES&T …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Substantial progress has been made providing wastewater service in urban areas in China
over the past decades, resulting in essentially complete coverage for wastewater collection …

[HTML][HTML] Comparative assessment of sponge city constructing in public awareness, Xi'an, China

P Luo, Y Zheng, Y Wang, S Zhang, W Yu, X Zhu, A Huo… - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
Climate change and urbanization are causing increasingly frequent urban flooding in
countries around the world. Various innovative approaches have emerged to address this …

[HTML][HTML] Analysis of the infiltration and water storage performance of recycled brick mix aggregates in sponge city construction

B Qi, P Xu, C Wu - Water, 2023 - mdpi.com
With the gradual advancement of urbanization, urban hardened roofs and pavements are
increasing, and the rainwater cycle is being seriously damaged; sponge city construction …

[HTML][HTML] Supply-demand measurement and spatial allocation of Sponge facilities for Sponge city construction

M Wang, H Yuan, D Zhang, J Qi, Q Rao, J Li, SK Tan - Ecological Indicators, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Sponge City Construction (SCC) has been extensively explored for controlling
frequent urban waterlogging and non-point source pollution. Assessing the “supply” and …

[HTML][HTML] Integration of green and gray infrastructures for sponge city: Water and energy nexus

Y Sun, L Deng, SY Pan, PC Chiang, SS Sable… - Water-Energy …, 2020 - Elsevier
In the past few decades, urban flooding and water shortages caused by the rapid expansion
of cities and the destruction of construction ecology have been harshly lost. The current …

Ecosystem-based adaptation to address urbanization and climate change challenges: the case of China's sponge city initiative

Y Ma, Y Jiang - Climate Policy, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Rapid urbanization and climate change are two grand challenges faced by many cities in
pursuing sustainable urban development. While ecosystem-based adaptation practices are …

[HTML][HTML] From managing risk to increasing resilience: a review on the development of urban flood resilience, its assessment and the implications for decision making

V Rözer, S Mehryar, S Surminski - Environmental Research …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Driven by urban growth in hazard prone areas such as along coasts or rivers as well as by
climate change induced sea-level rise and increase in extreme rainfall, flood risk in urban …

What makes a successful Sponge City project? Expert perceptions of critical factors in integrated urban water management in the Asia-Pacific

S Hawken, SME Sepasgozar, V Prodanovic… - Sustainable Cities and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Sponge City (SC) projects aim to replicate natural water cycles within urban settings,
providing sustainable solutions to urban water management. However, there is a lack of …