Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. STORY: China's so-called "sponge cities" were designed to boost flood resilience in metropolitan areas. But their effectiveness is ...

BEIJING — To cushion the impact of extreme weather due to climate change, a Chinese landscape architect has been making the case for China and other countries to create so-called “sponge cities.” Yu ...

This is your first of three free stories this month. Become a free or sustaining member to read unlimited articles, webinars and ebooks. As climate change brings increasing flood threats, cities need ...

(Reuters) - China has been hit by devastating floods in recent weeks, inundating cities and causing deaths and infrastructural damage, as well as raising questions about the effectiveness of its 2015 ...

The situation is expected to worsen in the next few decades, especially for many of the world’s largest cities in lower and middle income countries of Africa, Asia and Latin America. This century, ...

This natural pond helps reserve precipitation in the ecological corridor of Qian'an, a city in China's Hebei province. Like many other Chinese cities, Qian'an used to fall victim to urban flooding ...