Part 1/9:
The Future of Urban Living: Building Sponge Cities to Combat Flooding
Rethinking Our Cities: Learning from Nature
Imagine cities designed to absorb and manage large amounts of rainwater just as naturally as forests or wetlands do. This concept, inspired by the way nature handles water, is called sponge cities. As climate change brings increasingly unpredictable and extreme weather patterns, traditional urban infrastructure—made predominantly of concrete and asphalt—struggles to cope with heavy rainfall, leading to floods that devastate communities and drain economies.