The floods that swept through China’s capital this week were exacerbated by urban development and insufficient drainage systems, researchers say
A rescuer helps a woman and child disembark from a rubber boat, as people evacuate because of flooding in northern China’s Hebei province..
One factor behind Beijing’s recent vulnerability to floods is its rapid development, says Shao Sun, a climatologist at the University of California, Irvine. Over the past three decades, the city’s population has almost tripled. The result is a concrete sprawl of buildings, roads and other infrastructure.
The drainage systems in Beijing have also not kept pace with its rapid development, says Tang. Many of these systems were not designed to handle such huge volumes of water and are not maintained or upgraded on a regular basis. “This can lead to waterlogging and exacerbate the impact of floods,” he says.Sponge cities
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