Climate Change

What are 'sponge cities' and how can they prevent floods?

what are sponge cities

Urban areas can prevent flooding due to climate change by becoming 'sponge cities'. Image: Patrick Tomasso/Unsplash

Kim Harrisberg
Water Rights Correspondent, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Share:
Our Impact
The Big Picture
Explore and monitor how Climate Change is affecting economies, industries and global issues
A hand holding a looking glass by a lake
Crowdsource Innovation
Get involved with our crowdsourced digital platform to deliver impact at scale
Stay up to date:

Climate Change

Discover

How is the World Economic Forum improving the future of cities?

Have you read?
Don't miss any update on this topic

Create a free account and access your personalized content collection with our latest publications and analyses.

License and Republishing

World Economic Forum articles may be republished in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Public License, and in accordance with our Terms of Use.

The views expressed in this article are those of the author alone and not the World Economic Forum.

Related topics:
Climate ChangeSDG 11: Sustainable Cities and CommunitiesCities and Urbanization
Share:
World Economic Forum logo
Global Agenda

The Agenda Weekly

A weekly update of the most important issues driving the global agenda

Subscribe today

You can unsubscribe at any time using the link in our emails. For more details, review our privacy policy.

How new approaches to fashion, architecture and more can drive climate action

Liam McCann

June 6, 2023

About Us

Events

Media

Partners & Members

  • Join Us

Language Editions

Privacy Policy & Terms of Service

© 2023 World Economic Forum