Sponge cities' promotes urban resilience to climate change and we badly need initiatives like this in areas vulnerable to ...

Here’s a story about one man’s vision — a man who saw cities drowning in floods and believed they could be saved, not with more concrete, but with nature itself.

The solution may lie in converting our beloved concrete jungles into so-called “sponge cities," which would do a better job than traditional cities of absorbing excess water into the ground.

One way to avoid a repeat is for the capital to become more… spongy. Sponge cities use green spaces like parklands and blue spaces like lakes and rivers to absorb rainwater and allow it to drain ...

"When it rains, it pours" once was a metaphor for bad things happening in clusters. Now it's becoming a statement of fact about rainfall in a changing climate. Across the continental U.S., intense ...

The Chinese government is building water-absorbent projects in 30 cities as part of its "sponge city initiative." To date, the cities have received more than $12 billion for sponge projects.

In 2020, Legislative Assembly member Chui Sai Peng suggested that the government introduce the sponge city concept into urban planning to mitigate road flooding caused by heavy rain. However, the ...

The Democratic Party on Monday asked a U.S. court to block Republican President Donald Trump's executive order overhauling the election system, arguing the changes risked denying eligible U.S ...

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