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Sponge city construction and population health [PDF]

Frontiers in Public Health
IntroductionThis paper focuses on the construction of sponge cities and their effects on population health. Sponge cities in China both solve stormwater problems and are a systemic transformation in the urban construction paradigm, addressing related ...
Yue Li
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Comments and recommendations on Sponge City — China's solutions to prevent flooding risks [PDF]

Heliyon, 2023
Background: /Objective: Flooding risk is a global issue, and various approaches have been established to prevent flooding risk around the world. China is one of the heavily flood-affected countries and has been implementing the Sponge City program since ...
Chen Zeng, Emmanuel Mensah Aboagye, Huijun Li, Shirui Che   +3 more
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A core framework of “mountain management–water management–moist city” for sponge city special planning: The case of northwestern China [PDF]

Frontiers in Public Health, 2022
Sponge city special planning represents a basis for sponge city construction in China. It has a leading role in problem-oriented, effect-centered comprehensive, and coordinated construction. In accordance with the Interim Provisions on the Formulation of
Ran Wu, Ye Yang, Junchao He, Jiang Zhu
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Can "sponge city" pilots enhance ecological livability: Evidence from China. [PDF]

PLoS One
The challenges posed by environmental pollution, water scarcity, and energy limitations resulting from industrialization and modernization pose significant threats to human habitats.
Wang Q, Wang Q, Wang X.
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Exploring public attitudes toward implementing green infrastructure for sponge city stormwater management. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Sponge city stormwater management (SCSM) strategy in China aims for sustainable stormwater handling. While many studies have examined the technical aspects of sponge city green infrastructure (SCGI), few have explored public perspectives.
Shi C, Xia Y, Qiu H, Wang X, Zhou Y, Li Y, Liu G, Li S, Gao W, Xu T, Hu J.   +10 more
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Quantitative Simulation and Planning for the Heat Island Mitigation Effect in Sponge City Planning: A Case Study of Chengdu, China

Land
The implementation of sponge cities in China modifies the hydrological conditions of the underlying surface, effectively alleviating the urban heat island effect.
Qingjuan Yang, Ziqi Lin, Qiaozi Li
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Can green city branding support China's Sponge City Programme? [PDF]

Blue-Green Systems, 2022
Abstract China's Sponge City Programme (SCP) is one of the world's most ambitious sustainable urban drainage programmes. By 2030, Chinese cities must have 80% of their land drained by Blue–Green Infrastructure (BGI) to build critically needed flood resilience.
Gordon Mitchell, Faith Ka Shun Chan, Wendy Y. Chen, Dimple R. Thadani, Guy M. Robinson, Zilin Wang, Lei Li, Xiang Li, May-Tan Mullins, Patrick Y. K. Chau   +9 more
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Understanding the effects of digital elevation model resolution and building treatment for urban flood modelling

Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies, 2022
Study region: A mountain city in the coastal region of Southeast China. Study focus: This study elucidated the effect of digital elevation model (DEM) resolution on flood simulation errors and inundation depth distributions through building treatment ...
Weiwei Jiang, Jingshan Yu, Qianyang Wang, Qimeng Yue   +3 more
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Spatiotemporal Variation of Evapotranspiration on Different Land Use/Cover in the Inner Mongolia Reach of the Yellow River Basin

Remote Sensing, 2022
The accurate estimation of global evapotranspiration (ET) is essential to understanding the water cycle and land–atmosphere feedbacks in the Earth system.
Xiaojing Zhang, Guoqiang Wang, Baolin Xue, Yuntao Wang, Libo Wang   +4 more
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A collaborated framework to improve hydrologic ecosystem services management with sparse data in a semi-arid basin

Hydrology Research, 2021
Applying various models to assess hydrologic ecosystem services (HESs) management has the potential to encourage efficient water resources allocation. However, can a single model designed on these principles be practical to carry out hydrologic ecosystem
Yifan Wu, Yang Xu, Guodong Yin, Xuan Zhang, Chong Li, Liyu Wu, Xiao Wang, Qiuhong Hu, Fanghua Hao   +8 more
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