Open AccessEnlightenment of Foreign Theories of Sustainable Storm Water Management to Sponge Cities in China
Author(s) -
Hu Jiayu,
Li Manhua,
Yang Shu
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
iop conference series. earth and environmental science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.179
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1755-1307
pISSN - 1755-1315
DOI - 10.1088/1755-1315/295/2/012023
Subject(s) - china , sponge , enlightenment , flood myth , promotion (chess) , geography , political science , archaeology , politics , philosophy , botany , theology , law , biology
With the promotion of sponge cities in China, foreign theories of sustainable rain and flood management similar to sponge cities has also begun to attract attention from all sectors of society. In China, sponge cities are developing continuously. However, people’s doubts about sponge cities are rising because of people’s low understanding of sponge cities, some problems in the construction process of sponge cities, and the results so far are not significant. This paper makes a comparative study on the foreign theories of sustainable rain and flood management and sponge cities.