News Headline
Sponges, urban forests and air corridors: How nature can cool cities
Source
Malay Mail (Malaysia)
Publication Date
2017-09-26
As China battles the twin challenges of rapid city growth and extreme weather, it is adopting a new tactic: Turning its cities into giant sponges. Thirty pilot cities in the country are trying to trap and hold more water to deal with problems from flooding and drought to extreme heat and pollution.