LEADER 02367nam 2200373 450 001 9910598034803321 005 20230220133845.0 035 $a(CKB)4920000000094791 035 $a(NjHacI)994920000000094791 035 $a(EXLCZ)994920000000094791 100 $a20230220d2018 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aSponge Cities $eEmerging Approaches, Challenges and Opportunities /$fChris Zevenbergen, Dafang Fu, Assela Pathirana 210 1$a[Place of publication not identified] :$cMDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute,$d2018. 215 $a1 online resource (462 pages) 311 $a3-03897-272-X 330 $aPrimarily as a response to increasing flood, impacts, the Chinese Central Government launched a program to implement the Sponge City Concept in selected pilot cities across China in 2013. As a result, the Sponge City Concept is gaining ground and becoming more and more accepted by city governments. The first best practices of the pilot cities are being shared, and international exchange activities between research institutions and cities are providing guidance on the design and implementation of new concepts and technologies. However, there are still many technical, institutional, and socio-economic challenges ahead that hamper wider uptake and up-scaling in China. While the Sponge City Concept is new, the approaches and technologies involved in it, and therefore related challenges and opportunities, have been tried out in many different parts of the globe under the guise of terminologies such as water sensitive cities, Sustainable Drainage Systems, low-impact development, and ABC waters. This book aims to capture a selection of these experiences from China, as well as from other countries in both the developed and developing world, and draws lessons from these experiences relevant to the Sponge City Concept. 517 $aSponge Cities 606 $aUrbanization$zChina 615 0$aUrbanization 676 $a307.14160951 700 $aZevenbergen$b Chris$01278335 702 $aPathirana$b Assela 702 $aFu$b Dafang 801 0$bNjHacI 801 1$bNjHacl 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910598034803321 996 $aSponge Cities$93013112 997 $aUNINA