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Assessing Wuhan residents’ opinion about and knowledge of Sponge Cities to guide engineering design and public outreach

Smith, Joseph Stephen
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5390-7018
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1618948354576929

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2021, Master of Arts, Ohio State University, East Asian Languages and Literatures.
Urbanization has negative impacts on water resources. Sponge cities are urban infrastructure projects that aim to restore hydrological processes to pre-development conditions, while also improving water quality, providing habitat, and improving quality of life. China's sponge cities are world-renowned for their city-scale green infrastructure installations. This paper uses a social science questionnaire to conduct a public opinion survey about green infrastructure technology in sponge cities. Participants in the questionnaire ranked environmental issues from most concerning to least concerning as: air quality > floods > drinking water quality > climate change > algal blooms > habitat loss > invasive species > water shortage. From the most familiar to the least familiar types of green infrastructure, questionnaire participants ranked: constructed wetlands > permeable roads > green roofs > rain gardens > rain barrels. The survey participants ranked most to least favorite type of green infrastructure as permeable roads > rain gardens > green roofs > constructed wetlands > rain barrels. Meanwhile, for the design and site selection of rain gardens, questionnaire participants ranked as follows: with trees and large plants > streetside, natural looking > between roads > streetside with walls > with rock features > in the road. Finally, with respect to the knowledge of ecological concepts (from best to least understood concepts), the questionnaire participants answered as follows: nutrient cycling > land use > ecological restoration > stormwater runoff > the water cycle > role of green infrastructure. Based on these results, public outreach and engineering design should be re-evaluated. Also based on these findings, I made an outreach video.
Galal Walker (Advisor)
Xiaobin Jian (Committee Member)
105 p.
Ecology; Engineering; Environmental Education; Environmental Engineering; Environmental Management; Environmental Science; Environmental Studies; Hydrology; Land Use Planning; Language; Urban Planning; Water Resource Management

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  • Smith, J. S. (2021). Assessing Wuhan residents’ opinion about and knowledge of Sponge Cities to guide engineering design and public outreach [Master's thesis, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1618948354576929

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Smith, Joseph. Assessing Wuhan residents’ opinion about and knowledge of Sponge Cities to guide engineering design and public outreach. 2021. Ohio State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1618948354576929.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Smith, Joseph. "Assessing Wuhan residents’ opinion about and knowledge of Sponge Cities to guide engineering design and public outreach." Master's thesis, Ohio State University, 2021. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1618948354576929

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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