Spatial Planning for Climate Adaptation and Flood Risk: Development of the Sponge City Program in Guangzhou

Meng Meng; Marcin Dąbrowski; Dominic Stead; Faith Ka Shun Chan

doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-811477-3.00019-5

Spatial Planning for Climate Adaptation and Flood Risk: Development of the Sponge City Program in Guangzhou

Meng Meng
, Marcin Dąbrowski
, Dominic Stead
, Faith Ka Shun Chan

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Abstract

Many Chinese cities are increasingly exposed to the impacts of climate change, particularly to flooding. The National Sponge City Program was set up to address this challenge. This chapter examines how municipal interventions in spatial planning have been formulated in response to this national program. The case of Guangzhou is examined, a mega-city in the Pearl River Delta that is particularly vulnerable to flood risk. Here, the city government is seeking to improve local resilience to flooding by linking spatial planning and water management. To date, the implementation of the plan faces cognitive, financial, institutional, and technical challenges, which limits the potential to make Guangzhou more resilient to flood risk in the wake of the changing climate.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Smart, Resilient and Transition Cities
Subtitle of host publication	Emerging Approaches and Tools for A Climate-Sensitive Urban Development
Publisher	Elsevier
Pages	153-162
Number of pages	10
ISBN (Electronic)	9780128114773
ISBN (Print)	9780128114780
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-811477-3.00019-5
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2018

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This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 6 Clean Water and Sanitation
SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
SDG 13 Climate Action

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Climate adaptation
Flood resilience
Local implementation of national policy
Multilevel governance
Sponge city program

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General Environmental Science

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Smart, Resilient and Transition Cities: Emerging Approaches and Tools for A Climate-Sensitive Urban Development. Elsevier, 2018. p. 153-162.

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