Haifeng Jia, Zheng Wang, Xiaoyue Zhen, Mike Clar, Shaw L. Yu China’s Sponge City construction: A discussion on technical approaches Haifeng Jia, Zheng Wang, Xiaoyue Zhen, Mike Clar, Shaw L. Yu 1 . School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China 2 . Beijing Orient Tetra Tech Ecological Technology Ltd., Beijing 100051, China 3 . Tetra Tech, Fairfax, VA 22030, USA 4 . Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22904, USA Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering,2017,11(4),18-DOI:10.1007/s11783-017-0984-9