Governance of the Sponge City Programme in China with Wuhan as a case study

In 2015, China's national government initiated a Sponge City Programme to address its urban flood issues. A sponge city is a city built around the concept of managing water in an ecologically sustainable way. The intention is to improve urban resilience through rainwater capture, storage and us...

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Published inInternational journal of water resources development Vol. 34; no. 4; pp. 578 - 596
Main Authors Dai, Liping, van Rijswick, Helena F. M. W., Driessen, Peter P. J., Keessen, Andrea M.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Guildford Routledge 04.07.2018
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
adaptation
Case studies
Central government
China
climate change
Frameworks
Governance
Motivation
Rain
Rain water
Social resilience
Sponge City Programme
Storage
urban flooding
Water management
Water resources management
China
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Summary:In 2015, China's national government initiated a Sponge City Programme to address its urban flood issues. A sponge city is a city built around the concept of managing water in an ecologically sustainable way. The intention is to improve urban resilience through rainwater capture, storage and use. This article applies a four-mode governance framework to analyze the programme. It identifies the strengths and weaknesses of the programme implementation and provides recommendations.
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ISSN:0790-0627
1360-0648
1360-0648
DOI:10.1080/07900627.2017.1373637