New Water Policy & Practice Journal
Physical Geography Conference 2017 , Nanjing , she presented her study focusing on hydrological performance of large-scale roof greening in Beijing , which is expected to attract the geographers to pay attention to the urban water research studies by integrating geoscience with hydrology disciplines .
Reviews of Sponge City in China
Sponge city construction has become a hot topic both for governments and academia in China after it was presented and encouraged by the authority in 2014 . Sponge city is similar to the WSUD ( Water Sustainable Urban Design ) of Australia and ABC ( Active Beautiful Clean ) of Singapore that they all aim to guide the urban water management with a top-level strategy , coordinating the relationship between the multi-water cycle , land use and the rainwater system to enhance urban sustainability with a perspective of urban planning and urban design ( Figure 1 ). It involves the integration of different scales of green water infrastructures , which expand the strategy of low Impact Development ( LID ).
Figure 1 : Schematic diagram of sponge city
Situation of the Construction of Sponge City in China
Since 2016 , more than half of the 234 cities that suffered from flood disaster proposed to become the national sponge city pilot to construct sustainable urban drainage system . Beijing pioneers in the utilization of urban rainwater resources as a consequence of the approval of “ sustainable planning of water resources in the capital of the early 21 st century ” by the State Council in 2001 . At present , Beijing has completed a total of 22 rainwater utilization projects , and 20 rainwater use projects are under construction .
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