06 Jan Climate change: China’s ‘sponge cities’ struggle to soak up flooding from severe storms despite billions in investment
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in Asia
These disasters raised questions about the effectiveness of China’s climate-resilience strategy for extreme rainfall, the “sponge city” initiative launched nationwide in 2015. Experts say that the basic idea – making cities better at absorbing excess rain – is a sound one. But its roll-out so...