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Urban Stormwater Management and Sponge City Concept in China

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To mitigate the negative impacts of urban stormwater problems related to rapid urbanization in China, a new term “sponge city” was proposed, with related practices and implementation approaches examined in depth. The components and main goals of the sponge city concept and stormwater management criteria were introduced, while the relationship and difference between sponge cities in China and urban stormwater management systems in developed countries were compared and analyzed. Moreover, the policy and regulations that have been released were summarized, and recommendations for the future of sponge city development were provided.

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Acknowledgments

This study was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51608026), Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Future Urban Design Projects (No. UDC2016040100), and Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture Foundation (No. 00331616049). The authors acknowledge the research team members for their enthusiastic support.

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  1. Beijing Engineering Research Center of Sustainable Urban Sewage System Construction and Risk Control, Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Beijing, China

    Wu Che & Wei Zhang

  2. Key Laboratory of Urban Stormwater System and Water Environment, Ministry of Education, Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Beijing, China

    Wu Che & Wei Zhang

  3. Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Future Urban Design, Beijing, China

    Wu Che & Wei Zhang

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  1. Institute of Sanitary Engineering and Waste Management, Leibniz University Hannover, Hanover, Germany

    Stephan Köster

  2. Department of Environmental and Planning Law, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Leipzig, Germany

    Moritz Reese

  3. Dep of Env Science and Engr, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

    Jian'e Zuo

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Che, W., Zhang, W. (2019). Urban Stormwater Management and Sponge City Concept in China. In: Köster, S., Reese, M., Zuo, J. (eds) Urban Water Management for Future Cities. Future City, vol 12. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-01488-9_1

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