Sponge Cities Absorb The Past
11/05/2017
barrysays
Sponge City development concepts are all the rage, especially as being the solution to China’s continuing urban planning disasters. The alarm bells have been ringing for years, based on past experience through history, but nobody wanted to listen. Finally, old knowledge has been given a new lease of life through a modern pitch.
WHERE DID IT ALL GO WRONG?
WISE OLD MEN
SEOUL UNDERSTANDING
A NEW SPIN
Barry Wilson is a Landscape Architect, urbanist and university lecturer. His practice, Barry Wilson Project Initiatives, has been tackling urbanisation issues in Hong Kong and China for over 20 years. (www.initiatives.com.hk).
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Reference:
[1] http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1494657 [2] 2016 Arcadis Sustainable Cities Index ranks 100 global cities on three dimensions of sustainability: people, planet and profit. [3] http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-36721514 [4] http://www.muddyrivermmoc.org/restoring-olmsteds-vision/ [5] https://seoulsolution.kr/en/content/seoul%E2%80%99s-flood-control-policy |