TY - CHAP
T1 - The Transformation of the Green Infrastructure Intervention Under the Case of Sponge City Program
T2 - Positions, Challenges, and Prospects in China
AU - Chan, Faith Ka Shun
AU - Li, Lei
AU - Cheshmehzangi, Ali
AU - Thadani, Dimple R.
AU - Ives, Christopher D.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2022.
PY - 2022/3/19
Y1 - 2022/3/19
N2 - “Sponge City Program” (SCP), initiated in 2013, is the term in
the Chinese interpretation of tackling urban stormwater and surface
water management. The concept acts like a “Sponge” to absorb
urban runoff and conduct the purification and storage via the restored
natural hydrological processes via vegetation, soil, and water
interactions. There were frequent and severe urban flood impacts and
damages that affect the country during the recent decades after the
“Open Door Policy” revealed and rapid urbanisation and developments
occurred which see the country. Urban transformation occurs that
witnesses their success, but urban surface water floods similarly
occurred due to the interruption of the urban hydrological cycle. The
current land drainage system cannot cope with climatic extremes. The SCP
is similar to Green Infrastructure (GI) that has been commonly adopted
in the UK and elsewhere by the practices such as sustainable urban
drainage systems (SUDS) and Low-impact development (LID). The Central
National Government (CNG) is ambitious and committed to achieving the
major target for reducing urban flood risk. Indeed, there were selected
30 pilot “Sponge Cities” have been adopted the GI measures for
the last few years at the first and second stage of SCP. This chapter
shares and discusses recent progress, transformation, interpretation,
and future development of SCP. In particular, we would like to adopt
Ningbo, East China, one of the SCP major pilot cities that is an
affluent and rapidly expanding coastal city, as the case for implying
the positions, challenges, and prospects of SCP. Lastly, the chapter
offers recommendations and foresight that the SCP and GI development
further in the third stage (up to 2030s) and beyond, to mitigate future
urban water issues in Chinese cities.
AB - “Sponge City Program” (SCP), initiated in 2013, is the term in
the Chinese interpretation of tackling urban stormwater and surface
water management. The concept acts like a “Sponge” to absorb
urban runoff and conduct the purification and storage via the restored
natural hydrological processes via vegetation, soil, and water
interactions. There were frequent and severe urban flood impacts and
damages that affect the country during the recent decades after the
“Open Door Policy” revealed and rapid urbanisation and developments
occurred which see the country. Urban transformation occurs that
witnesses their success, but urban surface water floods similarly
occurred due to the interruption of the urban hydrological cycle. The
current land drainage system cannot cope with climatic extremes. The SCP
is similar to Green Infrastructure (GI) that has been commonly adopted
in the UK and elsewhere by the practices such as sustainable urban
drainage systems (SUDS) and Low-impact development (LID). The Central
National Government (CNG) is ambitious and committed to achieving the
major target for reducing urban flood risk. Indeed, there were selected
30 pilot “Sponge Cities” have been adopted the GI measures for
the last few years at the first and second stage of SCP. This chapter
shares and discusses recent progress, transformation, interpretation,
and future development of SCP. In particular, we would like to adopt
Ningbo, East China, one of the SCP major pilot cities that is an
affluent and rapidly expanding coastal city, as the case for implying
the positions, challenges, and prospects of SCP. Lastly, the chapter
offers recommendations and foresight that the SCP and GI development
further in the third stage (up to 2030s) and beyond, to mitigate future
urban water issues in Chinese cities.
KW - Sponge City Program (SCP)
KW - Green Infrastructure
KW - Sustainable stormwater management
KW - Sustainable development
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85171997112&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-981-16-9174-4_5
DO - 10.1007/978-981-16-9174-4_5
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85171997112
SN - 9789811691737
SN - 9789811691768
T3 - Urban Sustainability
SP - 97
EP - 122
BT - Green Infrastructure in Chinese Cities
A2 - Cheshmehzangi, Ali
PB - Springer
CY - Singapore
ER -