• Soak it up: Can sponge cities save us from flooding?

  • 2024/11/21
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Soak it up: Can sponge cities save us from flooding?

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  • Featured in this episode:

    Kongjian Yu is a Beijing-based landscape architect and founder of Peking University’s College of Architecture and Landscape. His concept of sponge cities — designing cities to absorb water — is being applied in urban areas across the globe.

    Further reading:

    • Landscape architect Kongjian Yu, pioneer of the “sponge city" concept, wins the 2023 Oberlander Prize
    • How letting water be water can lead to better climate resilience
    • Kongjian Yu has a plan for urban flooding: “Sponge cities”
    • Treading water — Toronto is spending billions on flood protection, but experts say it needs to spend billions more
    • Will a $1-billion flooding bill finally make the GTA take stormwater seriously?
    • Toronto’s Don River floods offer urgent planning lessons for climate-challenged cities

    Solve for X is brought to you by MaRS, North America’s largest urban innovation hub and a registered charity. MaRS supports startups and accelerates the adoption of high-impact solutions to some of the world’s biggest challenges. For more information, visit marsdd.com.

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Featured in this episode:

Kongjian Yu is a Beijing-based landscape architect and founder of Peking University’s College of Architecture and Landscape. His concept of sponge cities — designing cities to absorb water — is being applied in urban areas across the globe.

Further reading:

  • Landscape architect Kongjian Yu, pioneer of the “sponge city" concept, wins the 2023 Oberlander Prize
  • How letting water be water can lead to better climate resilience
  • Kongjian Yu has a plan for urban flooding: “Sponge cities”
  • Treading water — Toronto is spending billions on flood protection, but experts say it needs to spend billions more
  • Will a $1-billion flooding bill finally make the GTA take stormwater seriously?
  • Toronto’s Don River floods offer urgent planning lessons for climate-challenged cities

Solve for X is brought to you by MaRS, North America’s largest urban innovation hub and a registered charity. MaRS supports startups and accelerates the adoption of high-impact solutions to some of the world’s biggest challenges. For more information, visit marsdd.com.

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