Flooding is an all too real risk for cities around the world. Climate change has made the sight of waterlogged homes and businesses a regular one in the media. Now, environmentalists say encouraging wetlands in urban areas could be part of the solution to the problem. An area permanently or seasonally saturated with water, a wetland is a catch-all term for water bodies such as lakes, rivers, swamps, marshes, wet grasslands and peatlands. Two thirds of the world’s wetlands have … Continue reading Sponge cities – how urban wetlands reduce flood risk