ABSTRACT
Under the influence of a monsoon climate coupled with global climate change, the city of Sanya, on southern China’s Hainan Island, has suffered severe flooding and urban inundation. Together, with other water-related problems such as pollution and habitat loss, the city has become a primary proving ground for China’s sponge city campaign, launched in 2014. As a result, Dong’an Wetland Park in Sanya has become one of the most significant demonstration and multi-functional projects of the nation-wide sponge city effort. Inspired by the ancient wisdom of farming, the project was built quickly, at low cost, and in a manner replicable at large scale.
