Are cities 'spongy' enough to handle floods? New climate resilience report points to nature for solutions
https://edition.cnn.com/2022/04/12/world/sponge-cities-flood-resilience-report-scn-c2e-spc-intl/index.html
Long time ago, many cities around the world used to be spongy cities, because most of the roads were not paved. But, it was impossible to run on these roads fastly, due to muddy soil especially after raining.