Investigators from Chinese Academy of Sciences Have Reported New Data on Earth Science (Urban waterlogs control in China: more effective strategies…

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Investigators from Chinese Academy of Sciences Have Reported New Data on Earth Science (Urban waterlogs control in China: more effective strategies and actions are needed)

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Science Letter -- New research on Science - Earth Science is the subject of a report. According to news reporting from Beijing, People's Republic of China, by NewsRx journalists, research stated, "Urban flooding and waterlogging is becoming one of the foremost challenges in the process of rapid urbanization expansion in China. With a huge investment, the Chinese government presently is conducting a large project for the construction of 'Sponge City,' aiming at the urban water disaster mitigation and efficient water management."

Financial support for this research came from The National Mountain Flood Disaster Investigation Project (see also Science - Earth Science).

The news correspondents obtained a quote from the research from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, "However, the effects of present practices and actions are far beyond the expected, and a large number of troublesome and perplexing problems are waiting to be solved. It should be realized that the control of urban floods and waterlogs is a long-term and complexly systemic project, rather than a simple urban construction project."

According to the news reporters, the research concluded: "More meticulous and rational actions and policies should be taken by keeping patient, and both structural and non-structural measures are needed for the construction of Sponge City, by which the huge investment could achieve the desired targets and benefits for the mitigation of urban water disasters in China."

For more information on this research see: Urban waterlogs control in China: more effective strategies and actions are needed. Natural Hazards, 2017;85(2):1291-1294. Natural Hazards can be contacted at: Springer, 233 Spring St, New York, NY 10013, USA. (Springer - www.springer.com; Natural Hazards - www.springerlink.com/content/0921-030x/)

Our news journalists report that additional information may be obtained by contacting Y.F. Sang, Chinese Academy Sci, Inst Geog Sci & Nat Resources Res, Key Lab Water Cycle & Related Land Surface Proc, Inst Geog Sci & Nat Resources Res, Beijing 100101, People's Republic of China.

Keywords for this news article include: Beijing, People's Republic of China, Asia, Earth Science, Science, China, Asia, Chinese Academy of Sciences.