China’s sponge city construction: A discussion on technical approaches

Frontiers of Environmental Science and Engineering

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2017, Pages

  Jia, Haifeng ^a   Wang, Zheng ^a   Zhen, Xiaoyue ^b   Clar, Mike ^b   Yu, Shaw L ^c  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TETRA TECH INC   (United States)

^c University of Virginia   (United States)

Author keywords

Barriers; Construction strategies; Green infrastructure (GI); Low impact development (LID); Sponge City

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; FLOOD CONTROL; INVESTMENTS; PERSONNEL TRAINING; PLANNING; SEWAGE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER QUALITY;

BARRIERS; CONSTRUCTION STRATEGIES; GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE; LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT; SPONGE CITY;

QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 85027059041     PISSN: 20952201     EISSN: 2095221X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11783-017-0984-9     Document Type: Review

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