Takeaways:
- Sponge cities use their natural resources to absorb water and release it more slowly into lakes and rivers.
- A city’s sponginess is affected by the balance between ponds, lakes, grass, trees and buildings, and hard surfaces infrastructure.
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Sponge cities will have a greater capacity to deal with more extreme weather and rising sea levels caused by climate change.
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