Urban pluvial flooding and stormwater management: A contemporary review of China's challenges and “sponge cities” strategy

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 80, Issue , 2018, Pages 132-143

  Jiang, Yong ^a   Zevenbergen, Chris ^a   Ma, Yongchi ^b  

^a UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^b DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Governance; Low impact development; Stormwater management; Urban planning; Urban pluvial flooding

Indexed keywords

STORM WATER;

CHINA; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FLOODING; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; IDEOLOGY; INFORMATION SYSTEM; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; INVESTMENT; KNOWLEDGE; NATURAL DISASTER; ORGANIZATION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; URBAN AREA; URBAN PLUVIAL FLOODING; URBANIZATION; WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 85037647061     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: 18736416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2017.11.016     Document Type: Review

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