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Sixty seconds on . . . sponge parks
BMJ 2022; 379 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.o2419 (Published 07 October 2022) Cite this as: BMJ 2022;379:o2419
- Elisabeth Mahase
- The BMJ
Is that Spongebob’s cousin?
Actually, we’re talking about something a lot more porous than the underwater cartoon character—inspired by China’s sponge cities, designed by Beijing landscape architect Yu Kongjian,1 sponge parks are a nature based solution to flooding. Their purpose is literally to act like a sponge and soak up as much excess water as possible.
How absorbing
A great example of a sponge …
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