Sponge Parks and Digital Twins: Proactive Modeling of Climate Extremes
Water is one of the major concerns facing 21st-century cities. There are many reasons for this: water scarcity has become a burden that has already subjected cities around the world to periods of drought and even water rationing, while major storms and flooding have a negative impact on their infrastructure, businesses, and quality of life. Finding solutions to such a wide range of problems may seem difficult, but this is precisely where sponge cities are emerging as a solution.