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These “sponge city” designs resist floods and increase biodiversity to help us adapt to a changing climate.
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From rising sea levels in Mumbai to unbearable heat in Houston, cities around the world are feeling the effects of climate change. Unfortunately, they don’t always have the right infrastructure to handle its impacts — which is one reason why cities are beginning to reimagine urban design. One of these designs is a “sponge city.”
Although one city design certainly won’t save us from the effects of climate change, “sponge cities” can help with how we live with it.
Here are some studies and articles we used to inform our reporting:
Biodiversity — our strongest natural defense against climate change: https://www.un.org/en/climatechange/science/climate-issues/biodiversity
Sponge City, Shenzhen Explores the Benefits of Designing with Nature: https://www.lincolninst.edu/publications/articles/sponge-city-shenzhen-explores-benefits-designing-with-nature
Sponge City Practices in China: From Pilot Exploration to Systemic Demonstration: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/14/10/1531
The ocean is rising — and so is Miami’s skyline: https://www.vox.com/climate/23872640/coastal-climate-ocean-rising-miami-florida-building
Sponge Cities: Integrating Green and Gray Infrastructure to Build Climate Change Resilience in the People’s Republic of China: https://www.adb.org/sites/default/files/publication/838386/adb-brief-222-sponge-cities-prc.pdf
How Is Climate Change Affecting Floods?: https://www.nytimes.com/article/flooding-climate-change.html
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Thats not a sponge city, that just a wetland, thats the correct word.
I'm surprised the picture from China had colors. Western media would usually blur those or make them black and white.
I want the instrumentation/music that is underlayed in this video.
Thanks
Wow ❤
The more Upstream Sponge Cities are there the much Better the Downstream
This is a threat for usa national security
Actually western cities have way more space than China.
They're called golf courses.
China simply chooses to prioritize land for public use like People's squares, green parks, etc
While (especially in California) land here is prioritized for the top 1% and their hobby – all while skirting most forms of property tax.
WHAT WENT WRONG THEN????😁
This city has been proven not to be real.
whatever. .
funny to look at this now
actually. flooding is getting worse every year in china. and no actions have been taken….
This video aged like milk lol
Ever Dawn on you that you just put too much concrete everywhere and there's nowhere for the water to go
the reason for chinese floodings is over urbanization and mismanagement of river channels. Urban garden design and architecture cannot help.
I read the title as “How China is designing food-restaurant cities”
China said vefore it was resolving the flooding problem with dms , and that proved false , so how will flood proofing cities work ant better
I despise big government and their big cities. Look how beautiful the cities used to be and how they rarely flooded before, I just don’t understand why everything has to be concrete now
Togu dreg project
The city of Bangalore in India is an example of what used to be a sponge city with its hundred or so lakes and green areas. Now, it is just a garbage filled mess. Localised floods are common in heavily concreted areas which were built over green area and lakebeds. It is sheer ignorance and greed that this city is in shambles when it was envisioned and built as a sponge city as far back as the 1700s. It is a text book example of how to destroy a beautiful city and make it unliveable.
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So the basic solution to climate change is turning cities back into country towns. Ingenious!
China… Always ahead. ❤
Im med student, but i got same idea like 2 years ago. For to tackle underground water crisis in summer. Never thought it can tackle floods too
We need more plants.
God blessed china.
East china is very blessed because it is so green and it has a lot of rains. No water means no life and it’s god’s way.
thank you, I have new innovation, grab energy and pure water and fertilizer from sea that I mention in my profile.
The water goes into the foundations of the buildings?
For me the Video was really just an introduction, not really much information. Parks and Soil good, because plants use water, done.
The money disappears and not the water!
There are a lot of shy animal species that cannot live in such populated areas. They need separate protected areas without human traffic.
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It's so disappointing to see what a truly committed country can accomplish, and then the pittance that your own country gives you. China is building sponge cities and the US is barely able to put a few plants along the curb.
Japan has better flood control. Channels like vox will always promote communism even of it is not real or significant. 😂
The problem is that WE don't adapt and Integrate anymore WE force nature to adapt and Integrate TO us.
1:04 you refer to Seoul as a coastal city it's not a coastal city but it's found inland in South Korea
Can we look at it with one more perspective, as we can see the sponge cities are also relying on wetlands. This can potentially give rise to vector Borne diseases.
VERY INFORMATIVE
As a Pakistani my question is Why doesn’t China help us with that urban forest model?