The Construction of Resilient Infrastructure in Sponge City：Cases of Detention Basin in Taiwan
Cheng Hui
Wang Sisi
Liu Yu
Abstract：The core concept of "Sponge city" is using ecological techniques to create an urban "sponge" in order to cope with urban rainwater problems, and to improve the ability of cities to against and adapt to disasters. There are frequent floods in Taiwan. The detention basin, which is considered as a flexible strategy, is widely used in the prevention and control of waterlogging and storm water management. The paper has built case studies on the detention basins of Kaohsiung and Tainan, introduced the construction background, analyzed the city comprehensive planning, drainage and retention mechanism, construction method, operation and maintenance, and multifunctional benefits. The paper summarized the successful experiences of ecological detention basins in Taiwan, including the transition from grey to green infrastructure, multi-goal design and perfect non-structural measures, and to provide references for solving the problem of urban waterlogging in urban China by the applications of detention basins.
Keywords：sponge cityTaiwandetention basinresilient infrastructure
Publication Date：2015-01-01
Pages：5( 54-58 )