A review of the progress in Chinese Sponge City programme: challenges and opportunities for urban stormwater management
Urbanization has been the main driving force for China's economic growth in recent years; however, the highly concentrated urbanized lifestyle has brought many environmental problems to residents, the most urgent of which is urban stormwater management. Some countries have proposed plans for ur...
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| description | Urbanization has been the main driving force for China's economic growth in recent years; however, the highly concentrated urbanized lifestyle has brought many environmental problems to residents, the most urgent of which is urban stormwater management. Some countries have proposed plans for urban stormwater management, such as Low Impact Development (LID), Water Sensitive Urban Design (WSUD), and Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems (SUDS). As a country with relatively underdeveloped urban stormwater management, China's government proposed an ambitious urban stormwater management plan in 2014, called the Sponge City Programme, which means that a city is designed to act like a sponge, with good ‘resilience’ in adapting to environmental changes and coping with natural disasters. As of 2021, this programme has led to SCP projects in 30 pilot districts all over China, the Sponge City Programme construction impacts both urban development and residents' lives. However, there are risks and challenges associated with these projects. Using government research documents as a framework, this paper carefully reviews the progress of the Sponge City Programme in recent years and shows the main challenges faced by the Sponge City Programme in terms of connotation, investment, and technology. On this basis, the paper puts forward practical suggestions for the development of the Sponge City Programme and details potential opportunities of new technology, ideology, planning, and flexible investment. HIGHLIGHTS
Summary of Chinese government documents about Sponge City Programme.;
Review of actual construction.;
Analysis of construction mode of Sponge City Programme.;
Specific suggestions for development of Sponge City programme, under China's special environment.; |
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| spelling | doaj.art-cc6680439cb34b6aae80b738686cbfb82022-12-21T19:17:43ZengIWA PublishingWater Supply1606-97491607-07982022-02-012221638165110.2166/ws.2021.327327A review of the progress in Chinese Sponge City programme: challenges and opportunities for urban stormwater managementFeiran Li0Jianfeng Zhang1 Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Environmental Engineering, Key Laboratory of Northwest Water Resource, Environment and Ecology, MOE, Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi'an 710055, China Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Environmental Engineering, Key Laboratory of Northwest Water Resource, Environment and Ecology, MOE, Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi'an 710055, China Urbanization has been the main driving force for China's economic growth in recent years; however, the highly concentrated urbanized lifestyle has brought many environmental problems to residents, the most urgent of which is urban stormwater management. Some countries have proposed plans for urban stormwater management, such as Low Impact Development (LID), Water Sensitive Urban Design (WSUD), and Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems (SUDS). As a country with relatively underdeveloped urban stormwater management, China's government proposed an ambitious urban stormwater management plan in 2014, called the Sponge City Programme, which means that a city is designed to act like a sponge, with good ‘resilience’ in adapting to environmental changes and coping with natural disasters. As of 2021, this programme has led to SCP projects in 30 pilot districts all over China, the Sponge City Programme construction impacts both urban development and residents' lives. However, there are risks and challenges associated with these projects. Using government research documents as a framework, this paper carefully reviews the progress of the Sponge City Programme in recent years and shows the main challenges faced by the Sponge City Programme in terms of connotation, investment, and technology. On this basis, the paper puts forward practical suggestions for the development of the Sponge City Programme and details potential opportunities of new technology, ideology, planning, and flexible investment. HIGHLIGHTS Summary of Chinese government documents about Sponge City Programme.; Review of actual construction.; Analysis of construction mode of Sponge City Programme.; Specific suggestions for development of Sponge City programme, under China's special environment.;http://ws.iwaponline.com/content/22/2/1638chinainfrastructure constructionsponge cityurban planningurban stormwater management |
| spellingShingle | Feiran Li Jianfeng Zhang A review of the progress in Chinese Sponge City programme: challenges and opportunities for urban stormwater management Water Supply china infrastructure construction sponge city urban planning urban stormwater management |
| title | A review of the progress in Chinese Sponge City programme: challenges and opportunities for urban stormwater management |
| title_full | A review of the progress in Chinese Sponge City programme: challenges and opportunities for urban stormwater management |
| title_fullStr | A review of the progress in Chinese Sponge City programme: challenges and opportunities for urban stormwater management |
| title_full_unstemmed | A review of the progress in Chinese Sponge City programme: challenges and opportunities for urban stormwater management |
| title_short | A review of the progress in Chinese Sponge City programme: challenges and opportunities for urban stormwater management |
| title_sort | review of the progress in chinese sponge city programme challenges and opportunities for urban stormwater management |
| topic | china infrastructure construction sponge city urban planning urban stormwater management |
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