Sponge Town: addressing water crisis for future urban development in Malaysia

• Main Authors: Kok, Wong Wai, Utaberta, Nangkula, Asif, Nayeem, Zhou, Yijiao, Yan, Xin
• Format: Book Chapter
• Language: English; English; English
• Published: Springer Singapore 2023
• Subjects: NA Architecture; NA2542.36 Sustainable architecture
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/103364/4/103364_Book%20Cover%20and%20Table%20of%20Content_ISBN_978-981-19-8024-4.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/103364/3/103364_Sponge%20Town_Addressing%20Water%20Crisis%20for%20Future%20Urban%20Development%20in%20Malaysia.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/103364/15/103364_Sponge%20Town%20addressing%20water%20crisis%20for%20future%20urban%20development%20in%20Malaysia.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/103364/; http://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-8024-4_9
• Institution: Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia

According to United Nation, water crisis could affect 5 billion people by 2050 due to climate change, increased demand and polluted supplies. The main issue of the water crisis is rapid increasing of population and rapid urbanization; the water catchment area is decreasing due to deforestation for d...