THE WEEK1y
How can cities better prepare for flooding? Be a sponge.
The few instances in which the sponge city approach was implemented did yield positive results. One such experiment took place in Yanweizhou Park in China, where Yu, the architect, removed a ...
THE WEEK10mon
What are sponge cities and can London become one?
Given that flash flooding has been named a "lethal risk" to people living in London, the park-rich capital seems ... wastewater into our waterways. A sponge city is designed to absorb rainwater ...
Irish Examiner1d
Soak it up! How Ireland’s cities can embrace the sponge revolution
Sponge cities' promotes urban resilience to climate change and we badly need initiatives like this in areas vulnerable to ...
Business Insider India7y
China is building 30 'sponge cities' that aim to soak up floodwater and prevent disaster
Launched in 2015, the Sponge City Initiative invests in projects that ... Though the Yanweizhou Park in Jinhua, eastern China, opened in 2014 (before the initiative began), it serves as a model ...
Only 6 out of 30 proposed sponge parks ready in Chennai
The Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) had planned to construct 30 new sponge parks across 12 zones during 2024-25 but has so ...
The Hindu17d
Chennai’s first wetland sponge park comes up in Porur
Officials said the wetland sponge park is the first of its kind in the city as visitors will be permitted inside a wetland, unlike Pallikaranai, and learn about the ecosystem and the species.