Construction and Application of 'the Sponge City' in Different Precipitation Regions: Case Studies in Pingxiang and Ji’nan, China

This article briefly introduces the conception and connotation of the sponge city, and 30 pilot cities of sponge city are discussed according to the different rainfall belt in China. On the basic of this point, we take Pingxiang, Jiangxi Province in the humid area and Ji’nan, Shandong Province in semi humid area as the examples, summarizing their climatic characteristics, the construction demand, the construction idea and route, as well as the related guarantee. Authors believe that the sponge city construction ideas need to rely closely to the local climate characteristics, geographical characteristics, special conditions and other practical situations. In addition, this paper also provides a reference for other cities to build sponge cities in the same rainfall belt.