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A superb short video from the World Economic Forum on the work and ideas of one man in trying to reduce the risks of floods in urban environments.
What if cities learned to absorb rainfall, neutralise floods and turn their streets green in the process? Meet Kongjian Yu, a Chinese architect doing just that. ‘
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