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September 5, 2021

Water Management & Sponge City Governance

This set contains three short videos on urban water management and Sponge City governance in Chinese cities. i. Introduction to the Urban Water System in China (~ 6-min long video) ii. Sponge City in China (~ 8-min long video) iii. Implementation, Governance, and Co-creation of Sponge City in China (~ 9-min long video)

Various Experts

October 16, 2017

Implementation, Governance, and Co-Creation of Sponge City in China

Now that we know about the idea of Sponge City, let’s have a look at its implementation. What does it look like in practice and which stakeholders are involved? In the next video dr. Haifeng Jia will elaborate upon the role of the national government, that formulated a national policy for developing Sponge City, and he will explain how the city-government and public-private-partnerships are essential for the implementation of the Sponge City Concept. LEARNING OBJECTIVE: Design policies; governance arrangements and coordination structures for resilience planning and response addressing policy-making; public private partnerships and civic engagement. DURATION: 1 short video (~ 9 min long)

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Haifeng Jia

October 16, 2017

Sponge City in China

In the previous video, you saw that Chinese cities are facing both water quality and water quantity challenges. Safety in case of flooding -”dry feet” – and a healthy environment are thus also key water management challenges here. However, considering the local Chinese circumstances, such as the urbanization rate, the challenges are of a rather different magnitude than those in Amsterdam. So, how about the solutions to tackle these challenges? In the next video dr. Haifeng Jia will introduce you to the Sponge City Concept that is being implemented as an answer to the urban water management challenges in China. LEARNING OBJECTIVE: Explain shocks and stresses on critical services and infrastructures (CSIs) of STE systems resulting from a range of disastrous events. DURATION: 1 short video (~ 8 min long)

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Haifeng Jia

August 21, 2021

Chinese Cities: Citizen participation in developing resilient and eco-friendly cities

HOW TO NAVIGATE THIS CASE STUDY: First, please refer to the Teacher's Guide using the yellow "View Materials" button on the left pane. The teacher's guide outlines the purpose, contents, approach, case structure, and technical information of this case study. This case study was curated from other independently published open educational resources and from existing materials on this platform. These resources are also organized by domain. At the bottom of each resource's page, you can see both the city case study and SURF Resilience domain to which it belongs. Click on the case study or the domain name to navigate to the case study homepage or SURF Resilience collection, respectively. OVERVIEW: This case study contains a teaching guide, five thematic foci, and a gaming simulation. In this case study, you will dive deeper into the resilience and sustainability in Chinese cities. You will see how issues like air pollution affect citizens' daily lives and how successful policies contribute to sustainability. With a high rate of urbanization, Chinese cities have resorted to using the Sponge City concept to successfully manage water. To deepen your knowledge, you can learn about other shocks and stresses facing Chinese cities in resilience trend reports. Finally, you can bring your knowledge into practice by diving into the game “Creators of Shanghai” which has been developed by TU Delft students.

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Eunice Koid, Claudia Rot, Martine Rutten

October 5, 2020

Droughts in Rotterdam

When we think about Rotterdam, or even the Netherlands in general, we think about how often it rains and how that would cause floods and trigger an overabundance of water in the water systems. But even under these conditions, there have been frequent periods of droughts in the country. Droughts have occurred in varying intensities in the past years, with 1976 being seen as one of the driest years, followed by 2003, where there had been huge losses incurred in various sectors, ranging from losses in the agricultural sector due to the shortage in water consumption to inland shipping losses and various others that are accounted for in following sections. Furthermore, the future impacts of the droughts have been analysed along with the consequences. Various solution strategies that can be adopted to combat the stress have also been enumerated in the final chapter, along with the ongoing measures that are being undertaken to counter the stress and extenuate the effects and impacts caused by it in the city of Rotterdam. The ethical consequences caused by the possible implementation of the solution strategies have been detailed along with the shortcomings in the monitoring system that is currently in place for drought early identification and warning.

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Thanisha Kannan