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What We're Reading: Copenhagen Is Becoming a ‘Sponge City’

Welcome back to our weekly behind-the-scenes glimpse at what’s getting our team talking. Let us know what you think at info@reasonstobecheerful. Soak it in Copenhagen is getting spongier to handle future flooding, with hundreds of nature-based and engineered flood mitigation projects either completed or underway.

Soak it in Copenhagen is getting spongier to handle future flooding, with hundreds of nature-based and engineered flood mitigation projects either completed or underway. As Yale Environment 360 reports in a story shared by RTBC Editorial Director Rebecca Worby, the plan first came about after a massive storm inundated the Danish capital in 2011. If the term “sponge city” rings a bell, you may have heard it here first: Contributing Editor Peter Yeung wrote for RTBC about sponge cities in China, where the term was coined, back in 2023.

If the term “sponge city” rings a bell, you may have heard it here first: Contributing Editor Peter Yeung wrote for RTBC about sponge cities in China, where the term was coined, back in 2023.

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