Three Key Strategies to Achieve A Sponge City:Retention, Slow Down and Adaptation
Kongjian YU
Abstract：This article articulates three key strategies in achieving water-resilient cities, or sponge cities: retention, slow down and adaptation. Three projects are ilustrated to demonstrate these strategies: the Qunli Storm Water Park in Harbin City, Liupanshui Minghu Wetland Park in Liupanshui City and Yanweizhou park in Jinhua City. These three strategies shal be integrated in dealing with floods and stormwater to form a systematic solution, namely: "retention to absorb the water at the source, slow down to reduce the destructive forces of water during the flow, and adaptation to be resilient with floods at the end".
Keywords：Sponge Citywater resilient citystormwater managementQunli Stormwater ParkLiupanshui Minghu WetlandJinhua Yanweizhou Park
Publication Date：2015-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 4-7 )