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Gan, N. (2025) Streets Turn to Rivers as Deadly Flooding Inundates Northern Beijing. CNN.
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/07/28/china/china-beijing-rain-deaths-intl-hnk

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• TITLE: Nature-Based Solutions for Disaster Risk Reduction: Sponge Cities Increase Resilience, Reduce Risks, and Lower the Costs of Floods

  AUTHORS: Joel Thomas

  KEYWORDS: Climate Adaptation, Disaster Risk Reduction, Flood, Green Infrastructure, Resilience, Sponge City, Stormwater, Sustainability, Urban Planning

  JOURNAL NAME: Journal of Water Resource and Protection, Vol.17 No.11, November 25, 2025

  ABSTRACT: Recent catastrophic flooding events across the globe have starkly highlighted the vulnerability of urban centers designed around 20th-century climate norms. As hydro-meteorological hazards intensify globally, China’s large-scale investment in nature-based urban design offers a critical case study in cost-saving long-term resilience. This article examines the value proposition of the Sponge City concept, a paradigm shift in urban water management pioneered by Dr. Kongjian Yu and implemented across China, as a strategic response to increasing climate volatility. We evaluate and compare the economic, social, and environmental costs and savings of the integrated Green Infrastructure-Sponge City approach vs. the conventional Grey Infrastructure approach to sustainable urban adaptation, providing a framework for decision-making.