SuDS for managing surface water in Diepsloot informal settlement, Johannesburg, South Africa

Fitchett, Anne

doi:10.4314/wsa.v43i2.14

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“…This offers a unique opportunity to implement innovative solutions based on integrated urban water management [98]. There are some initial attempts of Sponge City in South Africa [115][116][117]. However, the successful experience in some places cannot be applied to other places.…”

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confidence: 99%

A Systematic Literature Mining of Sponge City: Trends, Foci and Challenges Standing Ahead

Yao

2018

Sustainability

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Sponge City research has been attracting extensive attention both in practical and theoretical research field, as the increased threat of flood risk and environmental safety due to urbanization. Varies names of Sponge City prevalent in different countries, which leads to disconnection of literature in the same field of Sponge City. In this paper, a systematic literature mining of Sponge City is presented. A literature analysis system is created, which includes literature export from Web of Sciences and systematic analysis via NoteExpress and CiteSpace. Based on the final document storage which contains 962 articles, general trends are identified. Literature is classified into 9 theme types. Research foci of Sponge City are detected by citation and keywords burst detection. Further, some future research directions of Sponge City are anticipated, including trans-disciplinary approaches, a comprehensive design framework, application of information technology, and case studies of Sponge City in more parts of the world. The significance of this paper lies in summarizing past research, identifying research types, foci and anticipating some future research directions.

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Section: Challenges Standing Aheadmentioning

confidence: 99%