Spatial Planning for Climate Adaptation and Flood Risk

Development of the Sponge City Program in Guangzhou

Book chapter (2018)

Authors

M. Meng Spatial Planning and Strategy - Architecture and the Built Environment
M.M. Dabrowski Spatial Planning and Strategy - Architecture and the Built Environment
Faith Chan University of Leeds, The University of Nottingham Ningbo China
D. Stead Spatial Planning and Strategy - Architecture and the Built Environment
Research Group
Spatial Planning and Strategy (Architecture and the Built Environment) (TU Delft)
Copyright: © 2018 M. Meng, M.M. Dabrowski, Faith Chan, D. Stead
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-811477-3.00019-5
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Published Date

2018

Language

English

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Faculty

Architecture and the Built Environment

Department

Urbanism

Research Group

Spatial Planning and Strategy

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.

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